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  • The study focuses on the treatment and outcomes of 10 patients with laryngotracheal rupture injuries due to trauma, highlighting various surgical interventions performed from 2014 to 2022.
  • Nine patients underwent tracheal procedures like cartilage reconstruction and anastomosis, with some requiring stents, while two patients had tracheal reconstruction followed by additional support for recovery.
  • The findings emphasize the importance of maintaining circulation and respiration during initial treatment and advocate for simultaneous reconstruction of airway and esophagus structures in cases with tracheoesophageal fistulas.

Article Abstract

To investigate the therapeutic effect of laryngotracheal rupture injury and management of related complications. A retrospective analysis was conducted on 10 patients with laryngotracheal rupture injury caused by trauma, admitted between October 2014 and October 2022. Anti-shock treatment, local debridement, tracheal-cricoid cartilage or tracheal-tracheal anastomosis, laryngeal cartilage reduction and fixation, local transposition flaps repair and phase-Ⅱ airway reconstruction were performed respectively on 10 patients. Nine patients underwent operations of tracheal-cricoid cartilage or tracheal-tracheal anastomosis, with five of these were performed by cartilage broken reduction and fixation, placed with intraluminal stents of iodoform gauze fingerstalls for (8.2±1.6) days. Tracheal reconstruction surgery was performed on 2 cases during phase-Ⅱ and both were placed with T-shaped silicone tube to support for 3 months. Two cases required tracheoesophageal fistula surgical repair, and vocal cord suturing was conducted for three vocal fold injuries. Anti-shock treatment was given to one emergency case and closed thoracic drainage treatment was given to another one. We removed the tracheal cannula from 10 patients after surgery and one case was diagnosed with Ⅰ-level swallowing function of sub-water test. All cases recovered to take food per-orally. Maintenance of circulation and respiration functions is the major target during early treatment of laryngotracheal rupture. It should strive to complete the reconstruction of airway structure on phase-Ⅰ, among which end-to-end anastomosis to reconstruct airway and broken laryngeal cartilage reduction and fixation are the vital methods for airway structure reconstruction to achieve good results. It is suggested that the reconstruction of trachea and esophagus structures should be performed simultaneously to patients with tracheoesophageal fistula.

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