title: Right main bronchial fracture resolution by digital thoracic drainage system.
abstract: Tracheobronchial stenosis is common in the thoracic surgery service, and iatrogenic injury of the airway after manipulation is not infrequent. When a digital thoracic drainage system came onto the market, many advantages were evident. A 24-year-old woman with critical right main bronchial stenosis underwent airway dilation that was complicated by a tear with a massive air leak, resulting in a total right pneumothorax. We employed a pleural drain connected to a digital thoracic drainage system. The drain was removed 2 days after successful resolution of the air leak.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico City, Mexico gildardounam@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Gildardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cortés Julián
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mier
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Marco A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Iñiguez
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guzmán de Alba
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D001980:Bronchi / Q000293:injuries*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D004106:Dilatation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Bronchial diseases; Chest tubes; Drainage; Monitoring; Pneumothorax; Postoperative care; physiologic