title: Management of subglottic stenosis in the adult.
abstract: Twenty-one adult patients were surgically treated for severe subglottic stenosis refractory to endoscopic treatment. Patients were treated by anterior or anterior and posterior cricoid division with costal cartilage grafting. Seventy-six percent of the patients were successfully decannulated. Success of treatment was not dependent on cause of the stenosis or age or sex of the patient. There was a significantly better outcome (p less than .05) in patients with isolated subglottic stenosis versus those with combined glottic and subglottic stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: McCaffrey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002812:Chondroma / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D007829:Laryngostenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications