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  • Title: Late bronchoplasty for missed traumatic rupture of bronchus.
    Author: Sinha KN.
    Journal: Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci; 1996; 38(1):53-8. PubMed ID: 16892750.
    Abstract:
    Two patients of traumatic rupture of main bronchus are reported here. One patient presented 2 years after blunt chest trauma while the other patient presented 9 weeks after trauma. Lesion in both patients were missed in the immediate post-trauma period. In both patients pulmonary angiogram demonstrated normal vasculature in the atelectatic lung, while intraoperatively good compliance and elasticity were found. Bronchoplasty done in both patients had good postoperative results.
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