title: Surgical management of tracheobronchial disease.
abstract: Management of tracheobronchial disease requires careful preoperative evaluation and close cooperation between anesthesiologic and surgical procedures. Techniques are available to resect and reconstruct most benign and malignant diseases of the tracheobronchial tree. Good surgical results depend on proper selection of patients, precise surgical technique, and careful attention to postoperative care.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Mathisen
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001980:Bronchi / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001995:Bronchography; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods