I tracheobronchial injuries are fatal complications requiring immediate diagnosis and treatment. Unintentional one sided intubation, endotracheal tube cuff over-inflation, direct trauma with guides or boogie’s, double-lumen tube employment, tube replacement without cuff deflation and coughing against closed or blocked ventilation circuits are the possible causes.1, 2 Emergency or difficult intu...

introduction: foreign-body aspiration is still considered one of the most important diagnostic and therapeutic issues for physicians. mortality rates and the prevalence of diseases caused by foreign bodies in the airway are higher in children because of the relatively narrow airway and immature protective mechanisms. the aim of this study was to study the pattern of foreign-body aspiration in t...

Trauma is the leading cause of mortality in children over one year of age in industrialized countries. In this retrospective study we reviewed all chest trauma in pediatric patients admitted to Mansoura University Emergency Hospital from January 1997 to January 2007. Our hospital received 472 patients under the age of 18. Male patients were 374 with a mean age of 9.2±4.9 years. Causes were pene...

INTRODUCTION Iatrogenic tracheobronchial injuries are rare. AIM To analyse the mechanism of injury, symptoms and treatment of these patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective analysis of hospital records of all patients treated for main airway injuries between 1990 and 2012 was performed. RESULTS There were 24 patients, including 21 women and 3 men. Mean time between injury and initiati...

Iatrogenic tracheobronchial ruptures most frequently occur during tracheal intubation, but they can also be produced during tracheobronchial endoscopy or thoracic surgery. The clinical presentation can be brutal, with respiratory failure, cervical emphysema, pneumothorax and hemoptysis. There are also less symptomatic presentations. The diagnosis is confirmed by bronchoscopy. The therapeutic ap...