ATELECTASIA DUE TO BRONCHIAL RUPTURE: A LATE COMPLICATION
Ahmet Önen1, Nur Kunt1, Melih Kaptanoğlu1, Kasım Doğan1, Y Metin Aksoy1, Tonguç Saba1SSK İzmir Eğitim Hastanesi, Göğüs Cerrahisi Kliniği, İzmir
Tracheobronchial injuries are rarely seen. Injury in the bronchus is closed by mucus plug it prevented the diagnose in early hospitalization period. The patient who was discharged following blunt chest trauma was rehospitalized for atelectasia was operated with the diagnosis of right bronchial rupture.