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KMID : 0364020000330070565
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Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2000 Volume.33 No. 7 p.565 ~ p.569
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Surgical Treatment of Tracheal Stenosis
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Choi Jun-Young
Jang In-Seok
Kim Jong-Woo
Kim Byung-Kyun
Lee Chung-Eun
Kim Sung-Ho
Kim Sung-Ho
Rhie Sang-ho
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Abstract
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Background : Post-intubation injury is known to be the most common cause of tracheal stenosis. Treatment strategy for tracheal stenosis caries according to the extent of pathologic lesion. should be treated with resection and anastomosis.
Material and Method : From April 1998 to May 1999, twelve patients suffering from tracheal stenosis as a complication of endotracheal intubation were managed by resection and end-to-end anastomosis in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital.
Result : There was no operative mortality. Five temporary vocal cord paralysis and one wound infectio occurred as early complications. During 18 months of follow-up, re-stenosis was not found.
Conclusion : Tracheal resection and anastomosis can be considered as an excellent surgical treatment for tracheal stenosis which developed as a complication of endotraceal intubation.
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KEYWORD
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Trachea, Tracheal stenosis
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