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Nonoperative management of tracheal laceration during endotracheal intubation
H M Ross1, F J Grant, R S Wilson
1Department of Surgery (Thoracic Service), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
Tracheal laceration is a rare but potentially devastating complication of endotracheal intubation. Traditional management of intubation-related tracheal laceration is operative. Nonoperative management of a woman noted to have a tracheal laceration during intubation is described. Criteria by which nonoperative treatment can be considered are outlined.