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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 22, 473-477, Copyright © 1976 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Acute penetrating tracheal trauma

PN Symbas, CR Hatcher Jr and GA Boehm

During the past ten years, 20 patients with acute penetrating tracheal injury (15 cervical and 5 thoracic) have been treated at Grady Memorial Hospital. Ten of the 20 patients had other major associated injuries: 6 had esophageal wounds, 5 had arterial injuries, and 2 had additional wounds. In the first 5 patients treatment of the tracheal injuries consisted of tracheostomy alone. Later on, the tracheal wounds were managed according to type, site, size, and the type of other organ injury. Repair of the tracheal wound and tracheostomy were done in 3 patients, repair of the tracheal wound and temporary tracheal intubation in 4 patients, tracheocutaneous stoma in 1 patient, temporary tracheal intubation alone in 4 patients, and observation alone in 3 patients. Seventeen patients recovered from their injuries and 3 died from sepsis, respiratory insufficiency, or cerebrovascular accident. All 3 deceased patients had other major injuries. This experience suggests that the treatment of penetrating tracheal injury should depend upon the type, size, and site of the wound and the type of coexistent injury to other organs, and that primary repair of the tracheal wound can be carried out in the majority of the patients.

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