Successful Stenting for Bronchial Stenosis Resulting from Blunt Airway Trauma

Sequential stenting for extensive malignant airway stenosis.

PURPOSE Malignant airway stenosis extending from the bronchial bifurcation to the lower lobar orifice was treated with airway stenting. We herein examine the effectiveness of airway stenting for extensive malignant airway stenosis. METHODS Twelve patients with extensive malignant airway stenosis underwent placement of a silicone Dumon Y stent (Novatech, La Ciotat, France) at the tracheal bifu...

Bronchial rupture secondary to blunt chest trauma.

Bronchial injury due to blunt chest trauma is rare, and its rarity and the fact that it has two distinct modes of presentation may considerably delay diagnosis. Two recent cases illustrate the two main types of injury and presentation. In the first the rupture is intrapleural and air escapes into the pleural space; insertion of a chest drain leads to a continuous air leak. In the second type th...

[Stenosis of the right major bronchus from blunt trauma].

BACKGROUND A severe blunt injury to the chest might cause rupture of the tracheobronchial tree. A certain time following the management of the injury, stenosis of the bronchi may develop at the site of the rupture. CASE REPORT We reported a patient injured in a traffic accident. The injury was followed by the signs of pneumothorax, bleeding, and respiratory insufficiency. After the management...

Healing of airway anastomoses and stenting of airway stenosis

Reconstruction of Large Airways Following Main Bronchial Rapture a Year after Blunt Trauma

We present the case of a 19-year-old boy with a history of breathlessness and blunt chest trauma one year ago. Figure 1 show CT scan of patient. Figure 2: show bronchoscopic of patient. Figure 3 and 4 show intra operative view and Fig 5 show CXR of patient after surgery