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Case Reports
. 2020 Dec 10:31:100388.
doi: 10.1016/j.tcr.2020.100388. eCollection 2021 Feb.

Blunt bronchial injury management with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation providing a peri-operative 'survival bridge'

T Lovelock  1 , A Cheng  1 , A Doi  1 , A Zimmet  1 , J Gooi  1 , M Fitzgerald  2
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Blunt bronchial injury management with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation providing a peri-operative 'survival bridge'

T Lovelock et al. Trauma Case Rep. .

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Keywords: Blunt bronchial injury; ECMO; Trauma.

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Fig. 1
Admission chest x-ray of a patient with blunt bronchial injury A 19-year-old gentleman presented to the Emergency Department following a high-speed motor bike accident. A chest x-ray was performed which demonstrated a left sided haemopneumothorax with right sided mediastinal shift.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Bronchoscopy of blunt bronchial injury Hypoxia refractory to chest decompression prompted bronchoscopy to be undertaken, which demonstrated disruption of the left main bronchus, 5 cm beyond the carina. Visibly shredded cartilage and soft tissue was visible, with haematoma present.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
Computerised Tomography (CT) scan of blunt bronchial injury A CT pan-scan was performed, which demonstrated abrupt cut-off of the left upper lobe bronchus, at the site of injury.
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