• The Laryngoscope · May 2019

    Comparative Study

    Subglottic stenosis: An evaluation of an elderly treatment-seeking population.

    • Alissa M Collins, Kevin Chorath, and C Blake Simpson.
    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
    • Laryngoscope. 2019 May 1; 129 (5): 1155-1158.

    Objectives/HypothesisTo evaluate the demographics, etiology, intraoperative findings, and treatment outcomes of patients with subglottic stenosis (SGS), comparing those patients aged <65 years to an elderly population aged ≥65 years.Study DesignRetrospective cohort study.MethodsNine-year retrospective review of patients with SGS. Forty-eight adults presented for evaluation and treatment of SGS between January 2008 and December 2016. At the time of presentation, 41 were aged <65 years and seven were aged ≥65 years.ResultsComparing the aged <65 years group to the aged ≥65 years group, the etiology was idiopathic SGS in 50.0% versus 42.8%, intubation-related SGS in 22.5% versus 28.6%, and granulomatosis with polyangiitis in 27.5% versus 28.6%, respectively. No statistically significant difference was noted in the two groups when comparing the demographics, etiology, treatment, intraoperative findings, or intertreatment interval (ITI).ConclusionsWe sought to analyze an older patient population with SGS and found no statistically significant differences compared to a younger population. ITI trended toward older patients requiring surgery more frequently but was not significant.Level Of Evidence4 Laryngoscope, 129:1155-1158, 2019.© 2018 The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc.

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