Spontaneous favorable outcome of tracheal laceration

Chest. 1991 May;99(5):1290-2. doi: 10.1378/chest.99.5.1290.

Abstract

We present the case of a 57-year-old woman with a huge tracheal laceration after intubation. With simple supportive therapy, the laceration healed in ten days, and the patient made an uneventful recovery. At the three-month follow-up, no sequelae were observed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Complications
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / adverse effects*
  • Middle Aged
  • Rupture
  • Time Factors
  • Trachea / injuries*
  • Wound Healing / physiology*