BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The aim of this study was to describe our early experiences with a novel surgical procedure, "slide thyrocricotracheoplasty," for the treatment of high-grade subglottic stenosis in children. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis was performed in 7 children who underwent slide thyrocricotracheoplasty for high-grade subglottic stenosis from 1996 to 2009. RESULTS Thr...

Subglottic stenosis (SGS) in pregnancy is rare but may cause a potentially life-threatening delivery and is a challenge to the anaesthetist and the obstetrician. Clinical signs of SGS may not be obvious and the diagnosis can be difficult. Patients usually present with shortness of breath rather than stridor. Many patients have been wrongly diagnosed with asthma and recurrent bronchitis before s...

Introduction: Laryngotracheal stenosis can be caused after traumatic injuries to the neck from the subglottic larynx to the trachea. Patients with laryngotracheal stenosis often need a tracheotomy and occasionally may become tracheotomy dependent. Different procedures have been described for the management of these lesions. Management options include techniques of endoscopic dilation, laser res...

BACKGROUND Tracheal stenosis or tracheal injury is a troublesome disease. Traditional temporary tracheostomy and reconstruction can resolve some problems. However other problems such as subglottic stenosis and supracarinal stenosis, cannot be resolved by simple tracheostomy. The silicone tracheal T-tube presents a substitute for stent of this complicated disease. METHODS Eleven patients with ...

Subglottic stenosis (SGS) are narrowings in the area below vocal folds and cause symptoms such as dyspnea stridor. These can be found granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), post-traumatic or idiopathic.

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Treatment of subglottic hemangiomas lacks a standard treatment algorithm defining the role and proper place for the multiple medical and surgical therapeutic alternatives. Open excision of subglottic hemangiomas represents an emerging operative technique with the advantage of being a single-stage procedure with limited morbidity that, at the same time, avoids the potential complications of long...

Introduction:  The aim of this study was to compare the preventive effects of corticosteroids and curcumin on subglottic stenosis in an animal model.  Materials and Methods: Twenty-one male German Shepherd dogs were used for this study. After standardized trauma to the subglottic area, the dogs were divided into three groups. Group A received curcumin (450 mg/ day) for 15 days; Group B received...

The incidence of subglottic stenosis in children has risen rapidly in the last 20 years as more advanced techniques enable younger preterm neonates to survive. There has been a similar rise in the number of different surgical methods devised to alleviate the stenosis; success has been claimed for each technique. The importance of normal laryngeal growth throughout an often protracted period of ...