High frequency jet ventilation in trachea reconstructions--its advantages in our experience.

Maintaining sufficient airflow in the distal airways during tracheal resection remains to be a challenging task. Disadvantages of cross-field intubation are well known. Experiences with using two models (CHIRAJET NCA and PARAVENT PAT) of ventilators for High Frequency Jet Ventilation (HFJV) during 82 resection of trachea (94 applications) are reported.

[Surgical complications of tracheal intubation--tracheal rupture].

Authors present case report of 47-year-old woman with a rupture of trachea in its lower part after an intubation with a double-lumen tube without any problems. Tracheal lesion was discovered at the end of operation after an extirpation of mediastinal tumor and wedge resection of lung during the examination of hermeticity of lung mechanical suture. Rupture was cured by suture resorbable monofilamental material.

[Therapy of tracheal stenoses].

Background: Tracheal stenosis is a serious disease of the upper airways. With advances in resuscitation its incidence is steadily increasing. Despite modern therapeutic procedures and the use of perfect materials tracheal stenosis is still a serious therapeutic problem.