Airway trauma: a review on epidemiology, mechanisms of injury, diagnosis and treatment

C Prokakis, EN Koletsis, P Dedeilias, F Fligou… - Journal of cardiothoracic …, 2014 - Springer
Airway injuries are life threatening conditions. A very little number of patients suffering air
injuries are transferred live at the hospital. The diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion …

Imaging of penetrating chest trauma

K Shanmuganathan, J Matsumoto - Radiologic Clinics, 2006 - radiologic.theclinics.com
Firearm-related injuries have become a public health problem that has a devastating impact
on American society; as a result of their frequency and lethality, they inflict substantial …

Role of conservative medical management of tracheobronchial injuries

A Gómez-Caro, P Ausín, FJ Moradiellos… - Journal of Trauma …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Background: The purpose of this study is to describe and assess the effectiveness of
conservative treatment as the chosen treatment for tracheobronchial injury (TBI) …

Successful conservative management in iatrogenic tracheobronchial injury

AGC Andrés, FJM Díez, PA Herrero, VDH Gude… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to describe and to assess the effectiveness of
conservative treatment as the chosen treatment for managing iatrogenic tracheobronchial …

Ventilation in chest trauma

T Richter, M Ragaller - Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Chest trauma is one important factor for total morbidity and mortality in traumatized
emergency patients. The complexity of injury in trauma patients makes it challenging to …

[HTML][HTML] Surgical treatment of bronchial rupture in blunt chest trauma: a review of literature

LM van Roozendaal, MH van Gool… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bronchial rupture by blunt chest trauma is rare. We present a case of bronchial injury after
blunt chest trauma that was repaired surgically by primary reconstruction. We performed a …

Initial management of blunt and penetrating neck trauma

J Shilston, DL Evans, A Simons, DA Evans - BJA education, 2021 - bjaed.org
Explain the principles of managing a patient with a threatened airway resulting from neck
trauma. Distinguish the key features of the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) primary …

Surgical decision making in tracheobronchial injuries on the basis of clinical evidences and the injury's anatomical setting: a retrospective analysis

E Koletsis, C Prokakis, N Baltayiannis, E Apostolakis… - Injury, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Airway trauma is a life threatening condition requiring prompt diagnosis
and management. We present our experience focusing on the diagnosis, airway …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutional trends in the management of tracheal and bronchial injuries

BP Madden - Journal of Thoracic Disease, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tracheal and Bronchial injuries are potentially life threatening complications which require
urgent diagnosis and therapeutic intervention. They typically occur in association with blunt …

Traumatic airway injuries: role of imaging

B Bagga, A Kumar, A Chahal, S Gamanagatti… - Current problems in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Airway Injuries are rare but often immediately life threatening. Incidence ranges from 0.5–
2% in blunt and 1–6% in penetrating trauma. Upper airway injuries (UAI) are often clinically …