The "William Tell" sign: difficult airway resulting from cranial transfixion by an arrow

Can J Anaesth. 2016 Jul;63(7):885-6. doi: 10.1007/s12630-016-0615-0. Epub 2016 Feb 16.

Authors

Mathieu Martin¹, Roman Mounier², Fabrice Cook², David Lobo², Gilles Dhonneur²

Affiliations

¹ Surgical Intensive Care Unit - Trauma Center, Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Henri Mondor University Hospital of Paris (APHP), Creteil, France. mathieu.martin@hmn.aphp.fr.
² Surgical Intensive Care Unit - Trauma Center, Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Henri Mondor University Hospital of Paris (APHP), Creteil, France.

PMID: 26883962
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-016-0615-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Craniocerebral Trauma / diagnostic imaging
Craniocerebral Trauma / etiology*
Craniocerebral Trauma / surgery*
Foreign Bodies / complications
Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
Foreign Bodies / surgery
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal / instrumentation
Intubation, Intratracheal / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Respiratory System / diagnostic imaging
Respiratory System / injuries*
Respiratory System / surgery*
Suicide, Attempted
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Weapons*