Document Type
Article
Department
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Abstract
Tracheal stenosis refers to a reduction in the size of the tracheal lumen and can be due to a myriad of reasons, but the most common remains trauma. In iatrogenic situations, internal trauma is the most likely culprit, resulting from prolonged intubation. Our case reviews a patient who developed severe tracheal stenosis (90% reduction in lumen size) within a month of a threeday- long intubation, and presented to the emergency room with dyspnea, orthopnea, and stridor. Tracheal reconstruction with resection of the stenosed segment and end-to-end anastomosis was done. The patient returned a month later with re-stenosis, and underwent tracheal dilatation. Subsequently, he was discharged with a tracheostomy with no problems thereafter.
Publication ( Name of Journal)
Annals of Medicine and Surgery
Recommended Citation
Fatimi, S.,
Raza, M.,
Ghani, A.,
Shah, N.,
Ashfaq, A.
(2013). Tracheal reconstruction for comlex acute tracheal stenosis. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 2(2), 57-59.
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