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JOURNAL OF TRAUMA AND ACUTE CARE SURGERY
Volume 81, Issue 5, Pages 979-983Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001233
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Iatrogenic tracheal injury; metallic stent; postintubation tracheal laceration; tracheal tear
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Iatrogenic tracheal laceration is a known complication of emergent endotracheal intubation. Patients with tracheal laceration present a therapeutic challenge. There is no established standard treatment approach in this patient population. Interventions reported include conservative management, stent placement, or surgery. We present our experience of tracheal tears in patients with respiratory failure successfully managed with polyurethane-covered nitinol stent, including three cases of postintubation and one case of postsurgical tracheostomy tracheal injury.
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