title: [Bronchial disruption due to blunt chest trauma--a report of 6 cases].
abstract: Six cases with bronchial disruption due to blunt chest trauma are reported. Clinical symptoms were dyspnea in 5 patients, hemopneumothorax in 3 cases, and hemoptysis and subcutaneous emphysema in 4 cases each. Pneumothorax was not found on immediate radiological examination in 3 patients. Bronchial disruption was defined by exploratory thoracotomy in one case three days after trauma. In the remaining 5 cases, the diagnosis was demonstrated by lipiodol bronchography and fibrobronchoscopy 70 days to 6 years later. End-to-end anastomosis of the bronchus was performed in 5 patients, whereas right middle and lower lobectomy was done in one case. Five patients with bronchial repair suffered transient atelectasis of the lung, which reexpanded in 4 to 10 days.
authors.affiliation: PUMC Hospital, Beijing.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ren
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D001995:Bronchography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*