High speed metal foreign body (FB) caused penetrating injury, with midline fracture of the thyroid cartilage, to the larynx and got impacted in the oesophagus, later passed down to stomach. The larynx was repaired and FB was retrieved with gastrotomy under general anaesthesia. The patient was kept on total parental nutrition for 7 days and discharged on post-operative day 14.
Keywords: Laryngotracheal injury; Metal foreign body.
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