TRANSTHORACIC - BRONCHIAL INTUBATION IN A CASE OF MAIN BRONCHUS DISRUPTION

Authors
RUPPRECHT H RUMENAPF G PETERMANN H GUNTHER K
Citation
H. Rupprecht et al., TRANSTHORACIC - BRONCHIAL INTUBATION IN A CASE OF MAIN BRONCHUS DISRUPTION, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 41(5), 1996, pp. 895-898
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
41
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
895 - 898
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
We report on a case of blunt thoracic trauma that resulted in complete disruption of the right main bronchus. Due to massive loss of respira tory volume during thoracotomy, sufficient ventilation could not be ma intained via the orotracheal tube. Transthoracic intubation of the lef t main bronchus via the right bronchial defect was the ultima ratio pr ocedure that allowed reanastomosis of the disrupted right main bronchu s.