TRAKEOBRON��YAL YARALANMALAR

Ulku, Refik; Eren, Mehmet Nesimi; Eren, Sevval; Onat, Serdar; Yavuz, Celal

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TRAKEOBRON��YAL YARALANMALAR [Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg]

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2003; 9(4): 281-284

TRAKEOBRON��YAL YARALANMALAR

Refik Ulku¹, Mehmet Nesimi Eren², Sevval Eren¹, Serdar Onat¹, Celal Yavuz²
¹Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Department Of Thoracic Surgery, Diyarbak�r, Turkey
²Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Department Of Cardiovascular Surgery, Diyarbak�r, Turkey
³Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Department Of Thoracic Surgery, Diyarbak�r, Turkey
⁴Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Department Of Thoracic Surgery, Diyarbak�r, Turkey
⁵Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Department Of Cardiovascular Surgery, Diyarbak�r, Turkey

TRACHEOBRONCHIAL INJURIES

Refik Ulku¹, Mehmet Nesimi Eren², Sevval Eren¹, Serdar Onat¹, Celal Yavuz²
¹Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Diyarbak�r, Turkey
²Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Diyarbak�r, Turkey
³Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Diyarbak�r, Turkey
⁴Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Diyarbak�r, Turkey
⁵Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Diyarbak�r, Turkey

Bacground: Tracheobronchial injuries are among the least common sort of thoracic traumas. This injury can be life threatening. However, successful diagnosis and treatment can prevent devastating acute or delayed complications. The aim of this study was to rewiew the authors� surgical experience in tracheobronchial injuries.
Methods: We reviewed our records of 29 patients with tracheobronchial injuries from January 1979 to December 2000. The median age was 22.7. Twenty-seven patients were male and two were females.
Results: The causes of traumas were penetrating injury in seventeen, blunt injury in eleven patients and animal bite in one. In sixteen patients cervical trachea, in nine main stem bronchus, in 3 lobar bronchus and in one patient mediastinal trachea were found to be injured. In seven of twenty-nine patients there were combined tracheal and esophageal injuries. Surgical approach was made by oblique incision, collar incisions and thoracotomy. In general we prefered primary repair. The overall mortality rate was 24%.
Conclusion: In our opinion, the number of complications and mortality can be diminished by early recognition of the injuries and treatment.

Keywords: Trauma, trachea, bronchus, tracheobronchial injury

Refik Ulku, Mehmet Nesimi Eren, Sevval Eren, Serdar Onat, Celal Yavuz. TRACHEOBRONCHIAL INJURIES. Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2003; 9(4): 281-284
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