A WAR INJURY TO THE THORACIC TRACHEA

Authors
PETRICEVIC A ILIC N RADONIC V TANFARA S
Citation
A. Petricevic et al., A WAR INJURY TO THE THORACIC TRACHEA, European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery, 8(11), 1994, pp. 622-623
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
10107940
Volume
8
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
622 - 623
Database
ISI
SICI code
1010-7940(1994)8:11<622:AWITTT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The authors present a case of war injury to the thoracic trachea with the defect involving more than half of its circumference. After minor difficulties in establishing the right diagnosis, we passed to the sur gical procedure and managed the lesion by simple suture. The patient's postoperative course at the Intensive Care Unit was uneventful. Both early and late follow-up roentgenograms, computerized tomography of th e trachea and bronchoscopy showed normal findings.