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End-to-end anastomosis in chronic tracheal stenosis
Isao Kato1, Hiroya Iwatake, Kouichiro Tsutsumi
1Department of Otolaryngology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1 Sugao, Miyamae-ku, 216-8511, Kawasaki, Japan.
Objective:
This study assessed the efficacy and safety of end-to-end anastomosis of the trachea following segmental resection in chronic tracheal stenosis.
Methods:
End-to-end anastomoses of the trachea were performed in 35 patients with chronic tracheal stenosis; 18 patients with tracheal invasion of thyroid cancer and 17 patients with long-term intubation and blunt injuries of the trachea.
Results:
All operations were successful, except one whose unilateral recurrent nerve had not been identified in the recurrent thyroid cancer invasion with trachea.
Conclusion:
This operation provides a one-step cure for the stenosed trachea and can be applied to the resection of less than six tracheal segments.