@article{ref1,
title="Tracheobronchial injury due to blunt chest trauma",
journal="International journal of critical illness and injury science",
year="2015",
author="Mahmodlou, Rahim and Sepehrvand, Nariman",
volume="5",
number="2",
pages="116-118",
abstract="Tracheobronchial avulsion resulting from blunt trauma is a very rare and serious condition, mostly due to high-speed traffic crashes. In this article, we briefly report the case of an 18-year-old man who was injured in a car accident and because of massive persistent air leakage (despite appropriate chest tube drainage), deemed to have a deep tracheobronchial injury. Due to a rapid drop in the patient's O2 saturation, he underwent an anterolateral thoracotomy. Endotracheal intubation was performed under direct visualization. The right mainstem bronchus was disrupted from the carina with a 1.5-cm stump remaining on the carina, and the remainder was crushed to the origin of the right superior lobe bronchus. Hence, a right superior lobectomy was performed and the postoperative course was uneventful.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2229-5151",
doi="10.4103/2229-5151.158417",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5151.158417"
}