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KMID : 0364019960290020208
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Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
1996 Volume.29 No. 2 p.208 ~ p.212
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Surgical Treatment of Tracheobronchial Injury due to Blunt Trauma
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Abstract
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From 1990 to 1994, 10 patients were treated for tracheobreonchial injury due to blunt trauma. 7 injuries resulted from motor vehicle accident. Common presenting signs indluded subcutaneous emphysema, dyspnea and hemoptysis. The most common
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findings were pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum and hemothorax. The fiberoptic bronchoscopy was highly accurate method for the diagnosis. The operation method is simple closure except one patient underwent right pneumonectomy. One patient died
because of
respiratory distress and 9 patients recovered uneventfully and returned to normal activity. Early recognition and proper treatment of tracheobronchial injury is important.
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