ReviewJournal of thoracic disease2020
Management of tracheobronchial injuries.
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- A Hidden Airway Injury: Delayed Diagnosis of Tracheal Disruption After Penetrating Neck Trauma.Cureus · 2026Article
- War-related penetrating cervicothoracic trauma managed in a resource-limited hospital in Syria: a case series.International journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
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- [Clinical Case: Micro-drainage of subcutaneous emphysema Grade V through a fenestrated peripheral venous catheter in critical ill].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2026Article
- "We were already there where the narrow path …" Benign tracheal stenosis treatment: narrative review on the state of the art and future direction.Updates in surgery · 2026Review
- Robot-Assisted Reinforcement with a Free Pericardial Fat Pad for Double-Lumen Tube-Related Injury of the Left Main Bronchus Incidentally Detected during Lobectomy: A Case Report.Surgical case reports · 2026Article
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- Full-thickness tracheal laceration managed conservatively: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Article
- Complete Thoracic Tracheal Transection After Blunt Trauma.Annals of thoracic surgery short reports · 2025Article
- Middle-Lobe Bronchus Transection in Blunt Thoracic Trauma From a High-Speed Motor Vehicle Collision: A Case Report.The American journal of case reports · 2025Article
- Long-term outcomes of surgical management in post-intubation tracheal stenosis: a retrospective analysis of tracheal resection and reconstruction.Updates in surgery · 2025Article
- Spiral Bronchial Rupture in a Young Trauma Patient: Critical Role of Bronchoscopy and Surgical Precision.Cureus · 2025Article
- Posterior Tracheal Wall Laceration Following Tracheostomy: A Progressive Nightmare Under Long-Term Ventilation, Requiring Complex Repair With vvECMO Support-A Case Report.Case reports in critical care · 2025Article
- Pediatric bronchial rupture: outcomes in four cases.World journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Posterior membranous tracheal injury during mckeown oesophagectomy. A case report with literature review.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
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- Age-Specific Differences in Laryngotracheal Trauma Characteristics: A Retrospective Study of Clinical Profiles, Outcomes, and Mortality Risk.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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- Emergency repair of blunt traumatic bronchus injury presenting with massive air leak.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2022Review
- Subcutaneous Emphysema Following Open Tracheostomy During Tracheostomy Mask Ventilation.The American journal of case reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Tracheobronchial injuries (TBI) are a heterogenous group of sometimes life-threatening traumas with different management approaches. Symptoms are mediastinal and subcutaneous emphysema, bloody secretions from the airway or haemoptysis in alert patients, and high air leakage along the cuff or increased ventilatory resistance may be signs for TBI in intubated patients. The necessity of immediate clinical evaluation, CT-scan and bronchoscopic evaluation are essential for prompt diagnosis and classification as well as experienced air way management and treatment, these patients are best managed from interdisciplinary teams including thoracic surgeons. While iatrogenic tracheal membrane laceration from intubation can be treated by lesion bridging with ventilation tube, stent application, open operative repair or endoluminal repair, intraoperative accidental cuts should be repaired by direct suture or with vital tissue coverage in case of local ischemia. The management of blunt or penetrating injury is sequential and needs immediate establishment and maintenance of a secure patent airway to provide adequate oxygenation. The next step is the treatment of life-threatening collateral injuries like major hemorrhage, cranial trauma or major organ damage arranged in the trauma team. The treatment of penetrating injuries to the airway need operative exploration in almost every case with minimal local dissection and debridement followed by direct repair. Muscle flap coverage is useful in case of combined esophageal injury. Damage of the tracheobronchial tree after blunt trauma must be repaired by direct suture or local tissue sparing resection and anastomosis. These lesions can be missed in the initial phase and may become prominent with scar tissue formation, stenosis and atelectasis in the later phases.
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