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tracheoplasty
Indications:
- relief of airway stenosis (airway obstruction) due to
- endotracheal intubation
- *lower respiratory tract infection
- radiation
- tracheal malignancy
- sarcoidosis
- Wegener's granulomatosis
- inhalational injury
- idiopathic tracheal stenosis
General
tracheal procedure
References
- Schwartz GS et al
Endoscopic Tracheoplasty: Segmental Tracheal Ring Resection
in a Porcine Model
Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology:
July 2010 - Volume 17 - Issue 3 - pp 232-235
http://journals.lww.com/bronchology/Abstract/2010/07000/Endoscopic_Tracheoplasty__Segmental_Tracheal_Ring.9.aspx