Tracheobronchial injuries. Conservative treatment
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Institutional report - Thoracic general Tracheobronchial injuries . Conservative treatment q
Tracheal lacerations are iatrogenic, localized, low impact injuries with longitudinal tears (in about 1:20,000 intubations). In contrast traumatic tracheobronchial ruptures are high velocity injuries with horizontal transections. Between 1986 and 2002, we treated 27 tracheobronchial injuries (8 bronchial 3 of them iatrogenic, 19 tracheal 17 of them iatrogenic (þ1 horizontal rupture þ 1 tracheoe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1569-9293
DOI: 10.1016/j.icvts.2004.02.016