title: Clinical significance of differentiating post-intubation and post-tracheostomy tracheal stenosis.
abstract: Post-intubation tracheal stenosis (PITS) and post-tracheostomy tracheal stenosis (PTTS) are serious complications in mechanically ventilated patients. Although the aetiologies and mechanisms of PITS and PTTS are quite different, little is known about the clinical impact of differentiating one from the other.
  
  
  
  We retrospectively conducted a chart review of 117 patients with PITS and 88 patients with PTTS who were treated with interventional bronchoscopy at Samsung Medical Center between January 2004 and December 2013.
  
  
  
  Compared to patients with PITS, patients with PTTS had a lower BMI, poorer performance status and more frequent neurological aetiologies, mid-to-lower tracheal lesions, total obstruction and mixed stenosis types. Although there were no differences in the number of patients who received silicone stents between the two groups, Montgomery T-tubes were more frequently used in the PTTS group than in the PITS group. The final success rate without surgery, mortality or tracheostomy in situ was higher in the PITS group than in the PTTS group (76.9% vs 63.6%, P = 0.043). Additionally, airway prosthesis removal was achieved in 46.2% of patients in the PITS group and in 33.0% of the PTTS group (P = 0.063).
  
  
  
  There were significant differences between PITS and PTTS in terms of patient and stenosis characteristics, treatment modalities and clinical outcomes. Therefore, PITS and PTTS should be considered two different entities.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Beomsu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Byeong-Ho
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Seop
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Eom
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical care, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Won Jun
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Goyang, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hyung Koo
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hojoong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012828:Silicones; D015607:Stents; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones
keywords: airway stent; interventional bronchoscopy; post-intubation tracheal stenosis; post-tracheostomy tracheal stenosis