Cut throat injury: review of 67 cases

Aich, Manilal; Alam, Abm Khorshed; Talukder, Debesh Chandra; Sarder, MA Rouf; Fakir, Abu Yousuf; Hossain, Monir

doi:10.3329/bjo.v17i1.7616

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“…[5] There is reported incidence of 10.45% suicidal CTI. [6] In our study, the incidence of suicidal CTI is alarmingly high with as high as 31.48% of all CTI. Appropriate measures can save lives in the vast majority of patients with CTI.…”

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A study on behavior and management of suicidal cut throat patients

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Background: Suicide is one of the 10 leading causes of death in the world and cut throat injuries (CTI) are fairly common due to suicide. Aims and Objective: The aim of the present study is to evaluate the pattern of injury, its management and associated psychiatric illness in suicidal CTI. Materials and Methods: A prospective study from August 2011 to April 2013 was carried out in the Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) in collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital. A total of 17 cases of suicidal CTI were included in the study irrespective of age and sex, who were admitted in the department of ENT. Results: Majority of the patients were young adults, 82.35% in the age group of 20-40 years. According to anatomical zone, 77% had injury in Zone 2 and 23% had Zone 1 injury. Hesitation injury involving skin and soft-tissues were seen in the neck in 71% of cases, and common morbidity following CTI is secondary wound infection (23.52%), persistent dysphagia (23.54%) and ugly scar (17.64%). Majority of patients (47.05%) were of acute and transient psychosis. Conclusion: Suicidal CTI is an important cause of cut neck injury in ENT practice. Proper surgical and psychiatric management of suicidal CTI plays an important role in the prevention of complications and resultant death due to CTI.

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“…(10) Onatoi et al found male preponderance in CTIs in their study and concluded that it may be due to their risk taking behavior, active participation and frequent involvement in interpersonal violence. (11) In a study by Aich et al majority of the patient's belonged to young age between 21 to 30 years. In contrast our study shows the commonest age group involved is 19(39.58%).…”

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Cut Th Roat Injuries and It Management: A Clinical Study of 48 Patients

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“…In a study, on patients who had cut throatinjuries done in Tanzania, interpersonal conflict (24.4%) was the most common factor found for homicidal injuries while psychiatric illness(16.2%) and road traffic accidents (9.2%) were the most frequent ones for the suicidal attempts and accidental injuries, respectively 10 . In a similar study by Ozdemir, the most dominant reason turned out to be mental illness with a prevalence of 26.7%,injuries due to honor reasons were second in order with 20%, the other reasons being domestic violence (13%), economical reasons (13%), and gang fights (7%).…”

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