title: Spontaneous favorable outcome of tracheal laceration.
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.
authors.affiliation: Pneumology Division, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: d'Odemont
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pringot
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goncette
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goenen
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Rodenstein
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012421:Rupture; D013997:Time Factors; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*