title: Repair of an extensive iatrogenic tracheal rupture with a pleural patch and a vascular graft.
abstract: Here we describe a 48-year-old woman who suffered a 7-cm rupture in the lower trachea after intubation with a double-lumen tube. We repaired the rupture with a new technique using a pleural patch reinforced by a ringed vascular graft. This technique appears to be appropriate for use in patients who have large tracheal ruptures to avoid tracheal stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kartal Koşuyolu Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erdal Birol
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Bostancı
authors.forename: Ilter
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ozer
authors.forename: Feza
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ekiz
authors.forename: Ali Emre
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Atıcı
authors.forename: Enver
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reyhan
authors.forename: Musa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akoğlu
authors.forename: Atakan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erkılınç
authors.forename: Cevat
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yakut
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010994:Pleura / Q000637:transplantation; D012421:Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries*; D058017:Vascular Grafting / Q000379:methods