Surgical management of idiopathic tracheal stenosis.
Most nonmalignant upper tracheal stenoses are caused by prolonged endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy, and idiopathic stenosis is uncommon. A 43-year-old woman complained of increasing shortness of breath during exercise over a year prior to admission. She had no significant past medical history, including endotracheal intubation. Bronchoscopy and tracheal tomography revealed nonmalignant circumferential upper tracheal stenosis 20 mm long. Single-stage surgical resection with cricotracheal anastomosis completely relieved her respiratory symptoms. Idiopathic tracheal stenosis is extremely rare, and the treatment of choice is surgery.
Yamada
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Department of Surgery, Shimizu City Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Kikuchi
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Kosaka
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Inoue
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H
Umemura
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*