title: Management of severe tracheal stenosis using flexible bronchoscopy and impulse oscillometry.
abstract: Although rigid bronchoscopy is the procedure of choice for interventional procedures of the proximal airway, flexible bronchoscopy can be used when lesions are not accessible by rigid equipment. We present an adolescent patient with tracheal stenosis whose airway was inaccessible through rigid bronchoscopy and thus required flexible bronchoscopy for all therapeutic procedures, including a stent placement. In addition, we describe our use of impulse oscillometry to monitor stent patency.
authors.affiliation: *Division of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics †Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Children's Hospital at Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
authors.forename: Alfin G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Vicencio
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bent
authors.forename: Kalliope
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsirilakis
authors.forename: Kiran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nandalike
authors.forename: Haviva
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Veler
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parikh