Tracheal injury and reconstruction

Transection of the cervical trachea resulting from closed trauma to the neck

“…No report in the literature appears to describe a complete tracheal transection below the second ring, resulting from a closed blunt injury. Kapur (1967) describes the finding of a spontaneous anterior fenestration which could be directly cannulated at exploration. Beall et al (1967), in a review of 23 tracheal injuries, describe a transection directly below the first ring, resulting from an injury whose mechanism was remarkably similar to that of our case.…”