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Akyari P

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  Isolated Complete Rupture of Left Main Bronchus after Blunt Chest Trauma
  Author(s): Kalliopi Athanassiadi, Dickgreber N, Rahe-Meyer N, Akyari P, Bagaev E, Tudorache I and Haverich AKalliopi Athanassiadi, Dickgreber N, Rahe-Meyer N, Akyari P, Bagaev E, Tudorache I and Haverich A
  
  Blunt chest trauma resulting in rupture to the trachea and major bronchi without any concomitant vascular injury is very rare. We present an unusual case with a complete left main bronchus rupture in a 23-year-old man after blunt chest trauma without any vascular injury and we review the literature of the last decade. The patient was admitted at our hospital hemodynamically stable with a left tension pneumothorax. His general condition became worse after the insertion of a chest drainage and CT scan and bronchoscopy were performed on an urgent basis. After bronchoscopic confirmation of the complete transection of the left main bronchus an intubation with a double lumen tube followed and the patient was submitted on emergency thoracotomy and an end-to-end anastomosis was performed of the transected bronchial ends. The postoperative course was uneventful and in a follow up of 6 months t.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7548.1000155

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