title: Transcervical-transtracheal endoluminal repair of membranous tracheal disruptions.
abstract: Tracheal lacerations are rare and potentially hazardous complications of tracheal intubation. Surgical repair is the treatment of choice of tracheal injuries although nonoperative management is occasionally appropriate for well-selected patients. We describe our personal technique of anterior transcervical-transtracheal endoluminal suture of iatrogenic lacerations of the membranous trachea and our results with this approach in 8 patients. This method is less invasive than conventional cervical or transthoracic approaches.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery and Heart-Lung Transplantation, Marie-Lannelongue Hospital, Paris-Sud University, Le Plessis Robinson, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lancelin
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Chapelier
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fadel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Macchiarini
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Dartevelle
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects; D008722:Methods; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*