Spontaneous favorable outcome of tracheal laceration.
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.
d'Odemont
J P
JP
Pneumology Division, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
Pringot
J
J
Goncette
L
L
Goenen
M
M
Rodenstein
D O
DO
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*