title: Idiopathic subglottic stenosis: diagnosis and endoscopic laser treatment.
abstract: The records of 15 patients with idiopathic subglottic stenosis treated at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, between 1980 and 1994 were reviewed. All were female and had similar characteristic clinical and histopathologic features. Endoscopic laser vaporization was the primary treatment in 12 patients and was successful in maintaining the airway of 8 of these 12; this outcome indicates that the disease can be managed, at least initially, by endoscopic laser treatment in most cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Benjamin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eckstein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007829:Laryngostenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies