title: [Scared atrophy of the cervical part of trachea as an effect of prolongated intubation].
abstract: Tracheal intubation is presently one of the basic medical procedures. It is connected with many different complications. One of them is tracheal stenosis, which occurs in 6-21 percent of patients after intubation of the trachea. In contrast to this high frequency of tracheal stenosis we didn't find any publications about complete atrophy of a big part of trachea after prolongated intubation and we describe a first case of such complication. The reasons and the possibilities of treatment in such situation are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Otolaryngologii i Onkologii Laryngologicznej AM im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gawecki
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kopeć
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kruk-Zagajewska
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wójtowicz
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D013997:Time Factors; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014133:Tracheal Diseases; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000009:adverse effects