Right main bronchus rupture from blunt chest trauma in a child.

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Sahloul University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.

Published: September 2016

We report the case of a 6-year-old boy with right main bronchus avulsion after blunt chest trauma. Reimplantation of the right main bronchus at the carina was performed via a right posterolateral thoracotomy, with satisfactory long-term morphological and functional results.

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