Crushed Neck Injury With Laryngotracheal Transection and C2 Hangman's Fracture: A Case Report.

Dillard, David Joseph; Witte, Colten Lawson; Rapp, Joshua; Obideen, Ziad; Walton, Kenneth; Fortson, James; Massoud, Romeo · Laryngoscope · 2026

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Abstract

A 22-year-old man sustained complete laryngotracheal separation, extensive laryngeal framework disruption, and an unstable C2-C3 fracture following blunt neck trauma. Emergency airway reconstruction using a modified endotracheal tube as an improvised laryngeal stent and titanium plate fixation ultimately permitted decannulation and durable functional recovery at 10-year follow-up.