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Tracheal laceration following double-lumen intubation during Ivor Lewis esophagogastrectomy

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Theagenio Cancer Hospital, A. Simeonidi 2, 54007, Thessaloniki, Greece

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E-mail address: nibarb{at}otenet.gr (N. Barbetakis).

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.

Key Words: Membranous trachea; Rupture; Intubation; Esophagogastrectomy

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