Citation

Parage F, Vashisht A, Sisodia V, Sanyal A, Singh S, Kamal K, Lohchab SS. Indian J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2021; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s12055-020-01098-6

PMID

33424148 PMCID

Abstract

A 22-year-old male had complete tracheal transection 2.5 cm above the carina with distal end retracted into the mediastinum. This was accidental bullhorn injury to the trachea in the lower cervical region, which posed arduous challenge of "cannot intubate" situation, necessitating percutaneous femoro-femoral cardiopulmonary bypass for surgical reconstruction, during coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic lockdown.

Language: en

Keywords

Bull-horn injury; Cardiopulmonary bypass; COVID-19 pandemic; Tracheal transection