Successful reconstruction for combined tracheal and bronchial disruption.
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.
Ishikawa
S
S
Department of Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Onizuka
M
M
Matsumaru
Y
Y
Yamada
T
T
Tsukada
A
A
Mitsui
K
K
Hori
M
M
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D001995:Bronchography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery