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Successful reconstruction for combined tracheal and bronchial disruption
S Ishikawa1, M Onizuka, Y Matsumaru
1Department of Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|July 1, 1993
Abstract:
After a head-on automobile collision, a 21-year-old man was admitted with respiratory distress and subcutaneous emphysema. Bronchoscopy revealed a disruption of the trachea and a complete transection of the intermediate bronchus. A right posterolateral thoracotomy was performed, and both lesions were reconstructed primarily using absorbable materials.