title: Extended membranous tracheobronchial rupture after tracheal intubation.
abstract: Membranous tracheo-bronchial rupture due to tracheal intubation has been infrequently reported. We present a previous unreported case of an extended membranous tracheo-bronchial laceration successfully repaired, on an emergency basis, through a right thoracotomy and cervicotomy with primary multiple interrupted sutures without the use of a free patch. We believe that in this complication the prognosis is generally good and much more linked to the underlying disease than to tracheal rupture.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, IRCCS, University of Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santambrogio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nosotti
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Cioffi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Simone
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pavoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Testori
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D001995:Bronchography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012421:Rupture; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery