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How Must Neck Injury Be Treated?
i have an injury to the neck caused the hyiod bone to break and my epiglottis to shift to left while swallowing .. i choke with food all the time,but i did remove the entire hyoid and now want to remove the epiglottis because i had to put an PEG TUBE to feed
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
hyoidoepiglittopexy can be done
that means hyoid is fixed to epiglottis
and hyoid can also be fixed with small plates but needs a multidisciplinary approach from plastic surgeon , ENT surgeon and orthopaedic surgeon .
if u have more difficulty only get operated
if u can tolerate better leave it
that means hyoid is fixed to epiglottis
and hyoid can also be fixed with small plates but needs a multidisciplinary approach from plastic surgeon , ENT surgeon and orthopaedic surgeon .
if u have more difficulty only get operated
if u can tolerate better leave it
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