Traumatic cervical tracheal disruption: Report of two cases

Surgery Today

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 353-356

  Asai, Yasufumi ^a   Kaneko, Masamitsu ^a   Imaizumi, Hitoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Kenji ^a   Hamamoto, Makoto ^a   Takada, Ryuta ^a   Asakura, Koji ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

computed tomography; fiberoptic bronchoscopy; subcutaneous emphysema; tracheal disruption

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TRACHEA INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0029929006     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00311606     Document Type: Article

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