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- Title
SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF IDIOPATHIC LARYNGOTRACHEAL STENOSIS BY RESECTION AND PRIMARY ANASTOMOSIS.
- Authors
Grillo, Hermes C.; Mathisen, Douglas J.; Ashiku, Simon K.; Wright, Cameron D.; Wain, John C.
- Abstract
We studied the early and long-term response of idiopathic laryngotracheal stenosis (ILTS) to treatment by 1-stage laryngotracheal or tracheal resection and reconstruction in 73 patients. Nineteen of the 72 (26%) noted no difference in their voices or any difficulty in breathing after reconstruction. Forty-seven (64%) described loss of ability to project their voices as loudly as before or noted some difficulty in singing as well as they did before. Five (7%) had various degrees of dyspnea or stridor on effort. One needed continued dilation. The median follow-up was 8 years. Surgical treatment gave good or excellent results in 90% of these patients with ILTS. Recurrence or progression of stenosis was not evident.
- Subjects
LARYNGEAL stenosis; TRACHEAL stenosis; OPERATIVE otolaryngology; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 2003, Vol 112, Issue 9, p798
- ISSN
0003-4894
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/000348940311200909