Management of Adult Benign Laryngotracheal Stenosis

List of illustrations List of Tables Abbreviations Acknowledgements Chapter 1 1.I Background and Aims of Thesis Chapter 2 2.I Embryology 2.II Anatomy 2.III History of Airway Surgery 2.III.a Tracheostomy and Airway intubation 2.III.b Laryngoscopy 2.III.c Bronchoscopy 2.III.d Surgery for laryngotracheal Stenosis 2.III.e Tracheobronchial stenting 2.III.f Lasers 2.III.g Mitomycin-C Chapter 3 3.I Surgery and anaesthesia for patients with airway compromise 3.II Anaesthetic Technique 3.III Is it safe to paralyse a patient with a stenosed airway? 3.III.a Introduction 3.III.b Materials 3.III.c Methods 3.III.d Results 3.III.e – Discussion 5 Chapter 4 4.I Aetiology of adult post-intubation laryngotracheal stenosis 4.II Theories of wound healing 4.III What is the incidence of post-intubation laryngotracheal stenosis in the United Kingdom 4.IV Out-patient evaluation of patients 4.V Airway assessment under anaesthesia 4.VI Objective Airway Sizing 4.VI.a Introduction 4.VI.b Analysis of airway assessment 4.VI.c Materials and methods 4.VI.d Results 4.VI.e Discussion 4.VII Outcome of early endoscopic treatment of acute inflammatory airway lesions in post-intubation airway stenosis 4.VII.a Introduction 4.VII.b Methods 4.VII.c Results 4.VII.d Discussion 4.VIII Outcome of endoscopic treatment of adult post-intubation subglottic and tracheal airway stenosis 4.VIII.a Introduction 4.VIII.b Methods 4.VIII.c Results 4.VIII.d Discussion 4.IX Endoscopic tracheoplasty for treating tracheostomy related airway stenosis 4.IX.a Introduction 4.IX.b Patients and methods 4.IX.c Results 4.IX.d Discussion 4.X The prefabricated sternohyoid myocutaneous flap 4.X.a Introduction 4.X.b Methods