Management of tracheobrochial injuries: a 10-year experience at Ratchaburi hospital.

Abstract

The authors concluded that, result of treatment for tracheobronchial injury should depend upon the mechanism of injury, early recognition, early diagnosis and appropriate surgical intervention. Delay in diagnosis is the single most important factor-influencing outcome. Common complications in the early phase were hypoxia, organ failure while in the late phase were sepsis, tracheal or bronchial stenosis, mediastinitis and chronic bronchopleural fistula, etc.