title: [Complete Transection of the Cervical Trachea due to Blunt Trauma: Report of a Case].
abstract: We herein report a case of complete transection of the cervical trachea due to blunt trauma. A 50-year-old man was transported to our hospital because of blunt neck trauma. His body surface showed only slight bruising on the neck. However, he exhibited see-saw breathing, so we suspected upper airway injury. The patient was carefully intubated using a bronchofiberscope, revealing complete transection of the cervical trachea. Chest computed tomography demonstrated destruction of the cervical tracheal structure. The patient also had a cervical spinal cord injury;thus, we performed tracheoplasty after 3 days of hospitalization. A tracheostomy was necessary because of the cervical cord injury and paralysis of the bilateral recurrent nerve. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yokohama City Minato Red Cross Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Takehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimoyama
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D014139:Tracheostomy