European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg · Jun 2004
Role of endotracheal stenting in tracheal reconstruction surgery-retrospective analysis.
To review a single institution experience with tracheal stenosis treatment and to define a role of endotracheal stenting in tracheal reconstruction surgery. ⋯ Tracheal stenosis is a serious, life-threatening disease with increasing incidence. In our study, the best results were achieved by segmental tracheal resection. However, the endotracheal stenting is the method of choice, when the segmental resection cannot be performed. The management of tracheal stenosis reconstruction by our own modification of Montgomery T-tube is being presented.