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- Title
Diagnosis of Idiopathic Tracheal Stenosis and Treatment With Papillotome Electrocautery and Balloon Bronchoplasty.
- Authors
Solly, William R.; O¿Connell, Richard J.; Lee, Hans J.; Sterman, Daniel H.; Haas, Andrew R.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of a 25-year-old female with tracheal stenosis through papillotome electrocautery and balloon bronchoplasty procedure. It mentions the diagnosis of airway stenosis using a small-diameter bronchoscope which revealed a 3-millimeter subglottic stenosis in trachea. It states that stenosis management procedures papillotome electrocautery and balloon bronchoplasty were performed for the incisions and dilation of the stenosis.
- Subjects
ELECTROCOAGULATION (Medicine); STENOSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; DYSPNEA; HEALTH outcome assessment; RESPIRATORY measurements; SPIROMETRY; TRACHEAL diseases; TREATMENT effectiveness; VITAL capacity (Respiration); DIAGNOSIS; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Respiratory Care, 2011, Vol 56, Issue 10, p1617
- ISSN
0020-1324
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4187/respcare.01143