Spontaneous favorable outcome of tracheal laceration.
d'Odemont JP, Pringot J, Goncette L, Goenen M, Rodenstein DO.
Pneumology Division, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
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.
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PMID: 2019199 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]