title: Left thoracotomy for distal tracheal repair.
abstract: When consulted emergently by another surgeon in the operating room, we accomplished repair of a major laceration of the posterior wall of the distal trachea with associated avulsion of the left upper-lobe bronchus via the existing left thoracotomy exposure in a 7-year-old girl. Mobilization of the descending aorta anteriorly provided adequate exposure of the tracheal injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Ott
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology; D001980:Bronchi / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003288:Contusions / Q000601:surgery; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery