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- Title
Experience of diagnosis and treatment of traumatic bronchial rupture in children in a single clinical center.
- Authors
Li, Yonggang; Wang, Gang; Wu, Chun; Pan, Zhengxia; Li, Hongbo; Wang, Quan; Wang, Yi; Dai, Jiangtao
- Abstract
Purpose: To examine the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic bronchial rupture in children at the Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China. Methods: The diagnosis and treatment of eight cases of traumatic bronchial rupture were analyzed retrospectively from January 2014 to December 2019 in our hospital. Results: Diagnosis of the eight patients was clear after a chest CT with three-dimensional reconstruction techniques and fiberoptic bronchoscopy; six of the patients had a delay in diagnosis of at least 2 weeks. Among the patients, six had left bronchus rupture, and the other two had right bronchus rupture. All eight patients received surgery; seven patients received a bronchial end-to-end valgus anastomosis, and one received right middle lobe lobectomy. There were no deaths in this group, and all patients were cured and discharged. Follow-up was conducted for 3 months to 2 years; the patients who received surgery showed mild bronchostenosis within 2 weeks after the trauma, and the other six patients showed moderate bronchostenosis upon CT examination. Conclusion: Being alert to bronchial rupture after trauma in children is helpful for diagnosis. Chest CT with three-dimensional reconstruction techniques and fiberoptic bronchoscopy are the most valuable diagnostic methods. The patients can show excellent results if the operation for a continuous valgus anastomosis of the posterior wall and interrupted end-to-end valgus anastomosis of the anterior wall on the ruptured side is performed in the early stage of traumatic bronchial rupture.
- Subjects
CHONGQING (China); CHILDREN'S hospitals; DIAGNOSIS methods
- Publication
Pediatric Surgery International, 2020, Vol 36, Issue 9, p1019
- ISSN
0179-0358
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00383-020-04703-2