Spontaneous favorable outcome of tracheal laceration.

d'Odemont, J P; Pringot, J; Goncette, L; Goenen, M; Rodenstein, D O · Chest · 1991

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We present the case of a 57-year-old woman with a huge tracheal laceration after intubation. With simple supportive therapy, the laceration healed in ten days, and the patient made an uneventful recovery. At the three-month follow-up, no sequelae were observed.

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