@article{ref1,
title="Bronchial rupture caused by blunt chest injury",
journal="Annals of emergency medicine",
year="1995",
author="Lin, M. Y. and Wu, M. H. and Chan, Christian S. and Lai, W. W. and Chou, N. S. and Tseng, Ya-Ling",
volume="25",
number="3",
pages="412-415",
abstract="We have surgically treated six patients with bronchial rupture caused by blunt chest injury in the past 5 years. All injuries resulted from traffic accidents, except in one patient who was hit by a crane. Clinical manifestations included chest pain (n = 6), subcutaneous emphysema (n = 4), and dyspnea (n = 6). Roentgenographic findings were tension (n = 3) or nontension (n = 3) pneumothorax, subcutaneous emphysema (n = 4), pneumomediastinum (n = 3), deep cervical emphysema (n = 5), and delayed collapse of the affected lung (n = 3). Three patients had associated injuries: right clavicle and rib fractures in the first; right humeral, scapular, and multiple rib fractures and left sternoclavicular joint dislocation in the second; and left clavicle fracture in the third. These six patients all underwent immediate tube thoracostomy and then bronchoplasty. Bronchoplasty was performed within 3 days in four patients and on days 16 and 30, respectively, in the other two patients. The affected lung demonstrated full expansion in all patients immediately after bronchoplasty. Follow-up bronchoscopy showed good patency of all bronchi.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0196-0644",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}