Iatrogenic tracheal rupture: bovine pericardial patch repair without flap reinforcement

We describe a case of an extensive post-intubation membranous tracheal rupture in a 67-year old patient after emergency intubation. This was managed surgically by bovine pericardial patch repair. Other cases of autologous and bovine patch repair of tracheal lacerations exist in the literature, and w...

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Main Authors: Carter, Jacob J., Evans, David, Shah, Pallav, Ura, Masashi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2012
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Case Reports
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3309819/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22228286
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivr132
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