Major Iatrogenic Tracheal Injury During Pneumonectomy: Conservative Treatment

Autor: Giorgio Andreozzi, Settimio Zazza, Cristiano Giovannini, Domenico Curatola, Fabio Castaldi, Massimo Carlini, Roberto Dell’Avanzato, Edoardo Mercadante
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 81:2285-2287
ISSN: 0003-4975
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.07.086
Popis: We hereby present the case of a 55-year-old woman with an iatrogenic tracheal laceration that occurred during double lumen intubation for left pneumonectomy. Conservative treatment was performed and the patient was discharged 12 days after surgery. No major sequelae after 3 months of follow-up were observed.
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