Table 2.

Airway and digestive tract injuries

Region	Structure	Management	GSW (n=58)	SW (n=452)
Airway			3 (5.2%)	27 (6.0%)
	Larynx		2 (3.4%)	5 (1.1%)
		Repair	2 (100%) (all received tracheostomy)	5 (100%) (2 received tracheostomy)
		Conservative	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
	Trachea – cervical		1 (1.7%)	17 (3.8%)
		Repair	1 (100%) (received tracheostomy)	7 (41.2%) (5 received tracheostomy)
		Conservative	0 (0%)	10 (58.8%)
	Trachea – thoracic		0 (0%)	5 (1.1%) (1 secondary to an extracervical SW)
		Repair		2 (40.0%)
		Conservative		3 (60.0%)
Digestive tract			7 (12.1%)	34 (7.5%)
	Pharynx		3 (5.2%)	21 (4.6%)
		Repair	2 (66.7%)	9 (42.9%) (1 leaked)
		Debridement and drainage	0 (0%)	1 (4.8%)
		Conservative	1 (33.3%)	11 (52.4%) (1 leaked)
	Oesophagus – cervical		4 (6.9%)	12 (2.7%)
		Repair	2 (50.0%) (1 leaked)	9 (75.0%) (2 leaked)
		Debridement and drainage	0 (0%)	3 (25.0%)
	Conservative	2 (50.0%) (1 palliative care)	0 (0%)
	Oesophagus – thoracic		0 (0%)	1 (0.2%)
		Repair	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
		Conservative	0 (0%)	1 (100%)

GSW = gunshot wound; SW = stab wound