[Tracheal stenosis--diagnostic and therapeutic principles, results]

Pneumologia. 2010 Jul-Sep;59(3):132-8.
[Article in Romanian]

Abstract

Between November 2001-April 2010, 107 tracheal resections were performed in our department for different types of tracheal stenosis: iatrogenic or tumoral, benign or malignant. We present the diagnosis and treatment principles that we used, along with our results. We operated on 74 (69.15%) iatrogenic postintubation tracheal stenosis, 6 (5.6%) of them complicated with tracheo-esophageal fistula, 6 (5.6%) benign tumors, 11 (10.28%) primary malignant and 16 (14.97%) secondary malignant ones, with a 3.8% total mortality. Tracheal resection and reconstruction is the only curative treatment for all types of tracheal stenosis. Interventional endoscopy is of a major importance in the assessment and treatment of tracheal stenosis. We believe that each patient diagnosed with a tracheal stenosis should be referred to a tertiary center with multidisciplinary experience in the treatment of tracheal stenosis.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anastomosis, Surgical / adverse effects
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / adverse effects
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms / complications
  • Neoplasms / surgery
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Tracheal Stenosis / diagnosis*
  • Tracheal Stenosis / etiology
  • Tracheal Stenosis / mortality
  • Tracheal Stenosis / surgery*
  • Tracheoesophageal Fistula / diagnosis*
  • Tracheoesophageal Fistula / etiology
  • Tracheoesophageal Fistula / mortality
  • Tracheoesophageal Fistula / surgery*
  • Tracheostomy
  • Treatment Outcome