J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;136:231-232
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Management of postintubation tracheal ruptures
Alain Wurtz, MD,
Lotfi Benhamed, MD,
Massimo Conti, MD,
Henri Porte, MD, PhD
Chirurgie Thoracique, Hopital Calmette, CHU Lille, Lille, France
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To the Editor:
We read with interest the article by Park and colleagues,1
who described a new approach for the intraluminal repair of membranous tracheal rupture (TR) after emergency intubation. We congratulate them for their result in an elderly patient in poor condition.
The authors discussed the value of the different approaches to surgical treatment of . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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