PURPOSE When tracheal intubation is required in a patient with an uncollapsible tracheal stenosis, the tip of the tube is usually positioned proximal to the stenosis. Only the tip of the tube may be in the trachea and the tube can be dislodged. We report the successful airway management of a patient with an uncollapsible tracheal stenosis who underwent cranial surgery in the prone position. C...

OBJECTIVE During tracheal resection with primary anastomosis, cartilaginous reinforcing sutures may be placed outside of the primary anastomosis with the goal of preventing early dehiscence. The direct effect of such reinforcing sutures on anastomotic strength has not been previously investigated. The goal of this study was to determine if the addition of cartilaginous reinforcing sutures adds ...

BACKGROUND Tracheostomy has long been implemented as means of a surgical airway in patients with upper airway obstruction and patients requiring long-term mechanical ventilation support. Temporally, surgical tracheostomy may be performed in an emergent fashion, as in the “slash” tracheostomy, but also as an elective procedure, commonly in patients undergoing resection of the mandible, floor of ...

OBJECTIVES This study focuses on the different surgical and endoscopical treatment alternatives when dealing with severe complications after slide tracheoplasty (STP). METHODS Retrospective study of patients with symptomatic congenital tracheal stenosis (CTS) admitted to a single institution, between January 1997 and January 2013, surgically treated by means of STP. The following variables we...

BACKGROUND Glomus tumors are usually found over the dermis of the extremities, particularly over the subungual region of the fingers, and occurrence in the trachea is an extremely rare event. To date, only 29 cases of tracheal and 2 main bronchus glomus tumors have been reported in the English literature. Our patient is the first ever reported case in Taiwan that was managed by spiral tracheopl...

Objective: We aimed to investigate the results of two tracheal reconstruction techniques (end-to-end anastomosis and tracheal allografting) in an experimental model. Materials and Methods: Ten adult male New Zealand rabbits were used in the study. The animals were randomly divided into two groups of five, and underwent a tracheal resection of three segments. GroupI rabbits underwent an end-to-e...

HYPOTHESIS Airway complications after thyroidectomy for substernal goiter can be predicted by preoperative symptom profiles, radiologic findings, or other factors. DESIGN Retrospective review. Settings A university tertiary care center and a veterans' hospital. PATIENTS Sixty patients with substernal goiter who underwent thyroidectomy between 1993 and 2002. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Symptoms,...

tracheobronchial injuries are uncommon and their successful diagnosis and treatment often requires high level of suspicious. surgical repair should be individualized for each type of injury. this article reviews diagnosis and management of traumatic injuries to the trachea and major bronchi. from march 1991 to march 2003, twenty-seven patients with major airway trauma were managed in nemazee ho...

Reoperative surgery through a previous pneumonectomy space focuses on the management of postpneumonectomy empyemas and bronchopleural fistulae. There are reports of elective tracheal resections done through the pneumonectomy space. We report two cases of successful excision of recurrent tumours (leiomyosarcoma and carcinoid) performed through the previous pneumonectomy space 2 and 13 years, res...

Posterior glottic stenosis (PGS), of which the most common cause is tracheal intubation, often misdiagnosed as bilateral vocal cord paralysis. We herein report a case PGS that occurred after treatment with COVID-19 long-term intubation. The patient underwent tracheostomy and endoscopic resection showed improvement in dyspnea. epidemic expected to increase intubation cases severe laryngeal injur...