Abstract

SANTISTEBAN AGUILERA, Francisca  and  BETANCOURT SERRANO, María. Stab wound in anterior region of neck in an Angolan adult . MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.9, pp. 5091-5096. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case report of a 52-year-old patient is described who in a suicide attempt made himself a stab wound in his neck with a sharp object that caused section of the larynx. Despite lack of all the necessary material resources, emergency care and coordinated work of members of a multidisciplinary team, formed by Cuban doctors working in "Dr Agostinho Neto" Provincial Hospital of the Popular Republic of Angola, allowed to make an early diagnosis and administer timely treatment, by which the patient´s full recovery and his return to his family and social environment were achieved.

Keywords : suicide attempt; stab wound; trauma; section of larynx; Angola.

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