Successful reconstruction for combined tracheal and bronchial disruption.

Ishikawa, S; Onizuka, M; Matsumaru, Y; Yamada, T; Tsukada, A; Mitsui, K; Hori, M · Ann Thorac Surg · 1993

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

After a head-on automobile collision, a 21-year-old man was admitted with respiratory distress and subcutaneous emphysema. Bronchoscopy revealed a disruption of the trachea and a complete transection of the intermediate bronchus. A right posterolateral thoracotomy was performed, and both lesions were reconstructed primarily using absorbable materials.

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