Reconstruction of Large Airways Following Main Bronchial Rapture a Year after Blunt Trauma
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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
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volume 7 issue 1
pages 431- 432
publication date 2019-03-01
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