End-to-end anastomosis in chronic tracheal stenosis.
OBJECTIVE
This study assessed the efficacy and safety of end-to-end anastomosis of the trachea following segmental resection in chronic tracheal stenosis.


METHODS
End-to-end anastomoses of the trachea were performed in 35 patients with chronic tracheal stenosis; 18 patients with tracheal invasion of thyroid cancer and 17 patients with long-term intubation and blunt injuries of the trachea.


RESULTS
All operations were successful, except one whose unilateral recurrent nerve had not been identified in the recurrent thyroid cancer invasion with trachea.


CONCLUSIONS
This operation provides a one-step cure for the stenosed trachea and can be applied to the resection of less than six tracheal segments.
Kato
Isao
I
Department of Otolaryngology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1 Sugao, Miyamae-ku, 216-8511, Kawasaki, Japan.
Iwatake
Hiroya
H
Tsutsumi
Kouichiro
K
Koizuka
Izumi
I
Suzuki
Hachiro
H
Nakamura
Tadashi
T
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061226:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injuries; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery