Fiberoptic-Guided Blue Rhino Dilator-Assisted Dilation of Postintubation Tracheal Stenosis: A Case Report About a Novel Technique.
Posttracheostomy tracheal stenosis is a rare complication of prolonged tracheal intubation. Treatment modalities that may be used include surgical resection and anastomosis, endoscopic tracheal dilation, laser resection, and tracheal stenting. We describe a novel salvage modality for dilation of a symptomatic tracheal stenosis using a percutaneous tracheostomy dilator wherein rigid bronchoscopic dilation was not feasible and balloon tracheal dilation had failed.
From the *Department of Onco-Anesthesiology and Palliative Medicine and †Department of Pulmonary Medicine, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
Nishkarsh
N
Gupta
Prasant
P
Sahoo
Karan
K
Madan
Sachidanand Jee
SJ
Bharti
D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D004106:Dilatation / Q000379:methods*; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D005927:Glossectomy; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014139:Tracheostomy