Citation

Mihos PT, Potaris K, Gakidis I, Myrianthefs PM, Baltopoulos GJ. Asian Cardiovasc. Thorac Ann. 2008; 16(1): 65-67.

Affiliation

Department of General Thoracic Surgery, General Hospital of Attica KAT, Athens, Greece. pmichos@yahoo.gr

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Asian-Pacific Society of Cardiology, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18245711

Abstract

Complete rupture of the main bronchus after blunt thoracic trauma is rare. Most patients with blunt traumatic injury to the trachea or bronchus die before arriving at hospital. A 26-year-old man with complete right main bronchus rupture was successfully treated by urgent surgical intervention and postoperative fiberoptic bronchoscopy for bronchial toilet.

Language: en