TY - JOUR T1 - Tracheal laceration with massive subcutaneous emphysema: a rare complication of endotracheal intubation. JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 665 LP - 669 DO - 10.1136/thx.34.5.665 VL - 34 IS - 5 AU - D A Orta AU - J E Cousar, 3rd AU - B M Yergin AU - G N Olsen Y1 - 1979/10/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/34/5/665.abstract N2 - Our patient sustained a laceration of the membranous portion of the trachea associated with massive subcutaneous emphysema after an apparently uneventful intubation. The patient was successfully operated on within seven hours. The importance of prompt diagnosis and treatment in the event of this rare complicatoin and the different causative factors are discussed. ER -