title: [The role of fiber endoscopy in the treatment of patients with chronic stenosis of the hollow organs of the neck].
abstract: Forty-eight patients with laryngeal, tracheal, and esophageal stenoses were treated making use of flexible endoscopes of various diameters and a kit of special instruments. Indications for endoscopic treatment were the presence of an 'overhang' along the upper edge of tracheostoma, laryngeal and tracheal granulation, cicatricial strictures of the esophagus with a lumen of less than 5 mm in diameter. Use of flexible endoscopes with a kit of special instruments helped do without many-staged surgical treatment in 20% of patients with chronic stenoses of hollow organs of the neck.
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Chernekhovskaia
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Folomeev
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Loginova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D020701:Esophagoscopes; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D007829:Laryngostenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Rol' fibroéndoskopii v lechenii bol'nykh s khronichekim stenozom polykh organov shei.