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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2008;16:65-67
© 2008 Asia Publishing EXchange Ltd

CASE STUDIES

Clear-Cut Complete Rupture of Origin of Right Main Bronchus

Petros T Mihos, PhD, Konstantinos Potaris, PhD, Ioannis Gakidis, MD, Pavlos M Myrianthefs, PhD1, George J Baltopoulos, PhD1

Department of General Thoracic Surgery
1 Athens University School of Nursing ICU, General Hospital of Attica "KAT", Athens, Greece

For reprint information contact: Petros T Mihos, PhD Tel: 30 210 628 0133 Fax: 30 210 628 0133 Email: pmichos{at}yahoo.gr, 107A Thermopilon Street, 15235, Vrilissia, Athens, Greece.

Complete rupture of the main bronchus after blunt thoracic trauma is rare. Most patients with blunt traumatic injury to the trachea or bronchus die before arriving at hospital. A 26-year-old man with complete right main bronchus rupture was successfully treated by urgent surgical intervention and postoperative fiberoptic bronchoscopy for bronchial toilet.






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