title: Treatment of tracheal stenosis with an extended tracheal cannula in a patient with extensive burn.
abstract: Burn-induced tracheal stenosis is rare. This article reports an extensive burn patient who developed severe tracheomalacia and stenosis before wound healing. Given the ineffectiveness of the conventional techniques available for the treatment of tracheal stenosis, we used an extended tracheal cannula to dilate the narrowed part of the trachea successfully. As a result, the extensive burn wound was repaired, and the symptoms of tracheal stenosis were eventually relieved. No serious restenosis was observed during a 2-year follow-up period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Burn Surgery, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Shi-Chu
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Shi-Hui
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Heng-Yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Guang-Yi
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hang-Qing
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhao-Fan
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Xia
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*