title: The use of mitomycin C in pediatric airway surgery: does it work?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the efficacy of mitomycin C in combating airway stenosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Recent publications discussing mitomycin C utility have not altered the mixed results previously established by prospective trials.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mitomycin C has been used for the past 16 years to inhibit pediatric airway fibroblast proliferation. Its benefit remains more hypothetical than proven and its future role remains uncertain.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gangar
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bent
mesh_terms: D000477:Alkylating Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002754:Choanal Atresia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000477:Alkylating Agents; D016685:Mitomycin