Successful silicon stent for life-threatening tracheal wall laceration.
We report an 86-year-old woman with a large tracheal laceration caused by tracheal intubation at cardiopulmonary arrest who underwent a successful stent procedure. Tracheal laceration developed in the membranous portion longitudinally 6 cm in length to 2 cm above the carina. Following 9 days' tracheal intubation, a Y-shaped silicon stent was inserted over the lacerated trachea. Four months after the stenting procedure, we removed the Y-shaped silicon stent from the healed membranous wall. The patient returned to daily life without requiring thoracotomy.
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan. tcvyamap@jichi.ac.jp
Shinichi
S
Yamamoto
Shunsuke
S
Endo
Tetsuya
T
Endo
Sayaka
S
Mitsuda
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D022125:Lacerations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011859:Radiography; D012828:Silicones; D015607:Stents; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D012828:Silicones