title: [Tracheobronchial perforations--a complication after mouth, maxillary and facial surgery].
abstract: After difficult endotracheal intubation in oral and maxillofacial surgery, esophageal or tracheal injuries can cause mediastinal, pericardial or cervicofacial soft tissue emphysema. If a patient has of thoracic pain after general anesthesia, mediastinal emphysema should be taken into consideration because of the possibility of subsequent life-threatening complications. Diagnosis can be established with computed tomography and fiber-endoscopy. We present the diagnostic and therapeutic management of two patients.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Plastische Operationen, Ruhr Universität Bochum.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stojadinovic
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Höer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eufinger
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reinert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000175:diagnosis; D013515:Surgery, Oral; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries*