Tracheobronchial ruptures due to cuffed Carlens tubes.
At our institution in the past 22 years, more than 3,000 patients have undergone chest procedures, and 2,700 of them were intubated with a cuffed Carlens endotracheal tube. In this paper we report on 5 patients with tracheobronchial ruptures caused by intubation with these tubes. We believe this hazard should be brought to the attention of physicians.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D004653:Empyema / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012421:Rupture; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery