title: [Experiences with treatment of extended laryngo-tracheal stenosis with employment of transversal resection of trachea].
abstract: The aim of this study is to evaluate the results obtained in Department of Otolaryngology et Oncology with transversal resection of trachea acc. to Pearson technique for postintubation stenosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  from January 2000 to January 2008 ten patients with subglottic postintubation stenosis underwent surgical treatment, using Pearsons method of operation with preservation of recurrent nerves and no postopereative tracheostomy. Mean stenosis length was 2 cm, the length of of airway resection was 1,5-4 cm.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no surgical or postoperative complications, all the patients get totally health, no restenosis was observed. The results confirm that the Pearsons method of operation is an adequate treatment for subglottic stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Otolaryngologii i Onkologii Laryngologicznej, Uniwersytetu Medycznego im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Szyfter
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kruk-Zagajewska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007829:Laryngostenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007830:Larynx / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D011044:Poland; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult