title: End-to-end anastomosis in chronic tracheal stenosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1 Sugao, Miyamae-ku, 216-8511, Kawasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Hiroya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwatake
authors.forename: Kouichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
authors.forename: Izumi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Koizuka
authors.forename: Hachiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: 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