Successful non-operative management of a contained tracheal tear following iatrogenic endotracheal tube injury

• Main Authors: Valerie Luks (Author), Craig Moores (Author), Gustavo Villalona (Author), David H. Stitelman (Author), Michael G. Caty (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Elsevier, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Acceso en liña: Connect to this object online.

We describe the case of a 5-year-old girl who was intubated in the field and sustained a severe tracheal injury resulting in a pneumothorax and extensive subcutaneous emphysema. She was treated without operative intervention and this tracheal tear was observed by serial bronchoscopy. After 6 weeks t...