[Complete disruption of the trachea due to blunt neck trauma--a case report]. 1995

T Yamanda, and T Aoki, and K Kaneko, and M Miyazawa, and K Yoshida, and M Haniuda
Second Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.

A complete disruption of the cervical trachea due to blunt trauma is relatively rare. Because of dislocation of the disrupted trachea and/or bleeding into airway, this is a mostly fatal accident. This article reports the author's experience with the successful surgical treatment of the complete disruption of the cervical trachea. A 60-year-old man suffered from a cervical blunt trauma by traffic accident and referred to our hospital. He had a dyspnea and severe subcutaneous emphysema around neck and anterior chest wall. Urgent fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) revealed a complete disruption of the cervical trachea. After intubation under guide of FOB, he underwent an end to end anastomosis of the disrupted trachea from cervical approach. Tracheostomy was performed two months later, because of his bilateral recurrent nerve paralysis. The patient is alive and well 25 months after surgery. It should be emphasized that early diagnosis and adequate management are important to save patients with complete disruption of the trachea due to blunt trauma.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000063 Accidents, Traffic Accidents on streets, roads, and highways involving drivers, passengers, pedestrians, or vehicles. Traffic accidents refer to AUTOMOBILES (passenger cars, buses, and trucks), BICYCLING, and MOTORCYCLES but not OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; RAILROADS nor snowmobiles. Traffic Collisions,Traffic Crashes,Traffic Accidents,Accident, Traffic,Collision, Traffic,Collisions, Traffic,Crashes, Traffic,Traffic Accident,Traffic Collision
D012421 Rupture Forcible or traumatic tear or break of an organ or other soft part of the body. Ruptures
D014133 Tracheal Diseases Diseases involving the TRACHEA. Disease, Tracheal,Diseases, Tracheal,Tracheal Disease
D014139 Tracheostomy Surgical formation of an opening into the trachea through the neck, or the opening so created. Tracheostomies
D014949 Wounds, Nonpenetrating Injuries caused by impact with a blunt object where there is no penetration of the skin. Blunt Injuries,Injuries, Nonpenetrating,Injuries, Blunt,Nonpenetrating Injuries,Blunt Injury,Injury, Blunt,Injury, Nonpenetrating,Nonpenetrating Injury,Nonpenetrating Wound,Nonpenetrating Wounds,Wound, Nonpenetrating
D019838 Neck Injuries General or unspecified injuries to the neck. It includes injuries to the skin, muscles, and other soft tissues of the neck. Injuries, Neck,Injury, Neck,Neck Injury

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