A Rare Case of Survival after Homicidal Laryngo Pharyngeal Transaction Cut Throat Injury

The neck contains a lot of vital organs and great vessels which make the patients with injuries to the neck to present most times as emergency. The management of cut throat injuries is bedeviled with complications which can be reduced to the barest minimum if managed well by the specialists. We report the survival of an extremely rare case of complete laryngo pharyngeal transaction following incision trauma with knife. The clinical record underlines the importance of prompt airway management immediate neck exploration and medico legal implications in such cases.