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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:1382-1383
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Repair of Iatrogenic Distal Tracheal Rupture by Left Thoracotomy

Babar B. Chaudhri, FRCSa,*, Sum Team Lo, MB, BSa, Keith Kerr, FRCPathb, Keith Buchan, FRCSa

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
b Department of Pathology, Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Accepted for publication May 7, 2007.

* Address correspondence to Dr Chaudhri, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Western Infirmary, Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow, G116NT, United Kingdom (Email: bchaudhri{at}mac.com).

The trachea is readily accessed through a right thoracotomy. Further exposure of the distal trachea may be accomplished using a median sternotomy through a transpericardial approach. We report our experience of a case of iatrogenic tracheal rupture in a patient with a large left-sided posterior mediastinal tumor. Surgical resection of the mass and subsequent repair of the tracheal rupture was accomplished through a left thoracotomy.






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