Tracheobronchial rupture due to blunt trauma in children: Report of two cases

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 419-422

  Çay, Ali ^a   Imamoglu M ^a   Sarihan, H ^a   Kosucu P ^a   Bektas D ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blunt chest trauma; Bronchial rupture; Children; Tracheal rupture; Tracheobronchial injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL RUPTURE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LUNG; MALE; RUPTURE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TRACHEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036962175     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36857     Document Type: Article

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