TRACHEAL STENOSIS FOLLOWING TRACHEOSTOMY

Tracheal stricture following tracheostomy.

Six cases of tracheal obstruction following tracheostomy are described in which surgical intervention was necessary. These occurred in a series of 104 tracheostomies. In adults the strictures have occurred at the site of pressure of the tracheostomy tube cuff. Management has been by excision of the stricture with end-to-end reconstruction. Tracheal narrowing in children has been of a different ...

Pathogenesis of tracheal stenosis following tracheostomy with a cuffed tube. An experimental study in dogs.

Aetiology and repair of tracheal stenosis following tracheostomy and intermittent positive pressure respiration.

The use of magnetic resonance imaging to assess tracheal stenosis following percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy.

The incidence of tracheal stenosis following conventional tracheostomy has been reported as lying between one and 30 per cent. Methods used to assess the degree of stenosis include CT scanning, fibreoptic visualization and plain X-ray tomographs. The aim of this study was to assess the degree of stenosis in patients following percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) using MRI scanning. This...

Customized Tracheostomy Cannula as a Therapeutic Adjunct in Tracheal Stenosis

Tracheotomy is often successfully used to manage tracheal stenosis, as a temporizing measure prior to definitive treatment or a long-term remedy. In some patients, where a sizeable portion trachea is stenotic, the fixed arm of an ordinary tracheotomy tube may not be of sufficient length to satisfactorily maintain the distal tracheal lumen, and commercially available adjustable tubes may not be ...