Tracheal laceration following double-lumen intubation during Ivor Lewis esophagogastrectomy

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 Oct;7(5):866-8. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2007.172387. Epub 2008 Jun 24.

Abstract

A case of a 48-year-old man with an iatrogenic membranous tracheal wall rupture after double-lumen intubation during Ivor Lewis esophagogastrectomy is presented. Tracheal injury was successfully managed surgically with the use of a bovine pericardial patch and reinforcement with the gastric conduit which was moved toward the posterior wall of the membranous trachea sealing the wall laceration.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Esophagoscopy*
  • Gastrectomy*
  • Humans
  • Iatrogenic Disease*
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / adverse effects*
  • Lacerations
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pericardium / transplantation
  • Trachea / injuries*
  • Trachea / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome