Tracheobronchial necrosis after caustic ingestion.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
Between 1968 and 1988, 679 patients were hospitalized for ingestion of caustic substances, and 87 had severe caustic burns of the entire esophagus, together with panparietal necrosis. Twenty-one of them had tracheobronchial necrosis with perforation. Fifteen have not been operated on; six have had operations, with success in four. We describe an original technique for repairing these tracheobronchial perforations with a pulmonary patch.
Medical subject headings
- Bronchi
- Burns, Chemical
- Caustics
- Prostheses and Implants
- Trachea