Complete Rupture of the Left Main Bronchus With Successful Repair

摘要: RUPTURE OF A MAJOR bronchus is now recognized as a complication of severe crushing trauma to the thorax. The first recorded case was seen at autopsy more than 75 years ago, and surgical success in treatment this condition 15 ago. earliest report one by Seuvre 1 1873, where postmortem examination 74-year-old woman, right main-stem completely separated from trachea. Subsequently, necropsy cases are scattered literature until 1928 when Krinitzki 2 reported instance survival with lesion. In his patient, 21 after injury, an occluded main found. It not 1949, however, that Griffith 3 patient be treated successfully excision strictured segment restoration bronchial continuity. Since time, frequent reports