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Eugene A. Mazzei, MD; Donald G. Mulder, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1970;100(6):677-680.

Abstract
Six patients were treated at the University of California Hospital, Los Angeles, for traumatic tracheal and bronchial injuries. One patient had severed the left main stem bronchus, and five had injured the cervical trachea. Subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema were the most common signs of chest injuries, and dyspnea was the most common symptom. Treatment consisted of suture repair of the disruption of the bronchus and two tracheal tears, and tracheostomy was necessary only in three additional tracheal injuries. All patients survived the operations and have remained well from one to seven years since injury.

Author Affiliations
Los Angeles

From the Department of Surgery/Thoracic Surgery, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 5, 1970.

Read before the sectional meeting of the Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, San Diego, Calif, Jan 16, 1970.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90024 (Dr. Mazzei).

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