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Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Jan 2013
Case ReportsSuccessful silicon stent for life-threatening tracheal wall laceration.
- Shinichi Yamamoto, Shunsuke Endo, Tetsuya Endo, and Sayaka Mitsuda.
- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan. tcvyamap@jichi.ac.jp
- Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Jan 1; 19 (1): 49-51.
AbstractWe report an 86-year-old woman with a large tracheal laceration caused by tracheal intubation at cardiopulmonary arrest who underwent a successful stent procedure. Tracheal laceration developed in the membranous portion longitudinally 6 cm in length to 2 cm above the carina. Following 9 days' tracheal intubation, a Y-shaped silicon stent was inserted over the lacerated trachea. Four months after the stenting procedure, we removed the Y-shaped silicon stent from the healed membranous wall. The patient returned to daily life without requiring thoracotomy.
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