title: Balloon dilatation of postoperative tracheal stenosis.
abstract: Three patients who had previously undergone linear augmentation tracheoplasty developed postoperative stenosis within the grafted segment. In each patient, balloon catheter dilatation successfully enlarged the stenotic airway obviating secondary reconstruction in two.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital, Detroit, MI 48201.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Philippart
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Greenholz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*