Tracheal and tracheobronchial resections

Tracheobronchial Amyloidosis Mimicking Tracheal Tumor

Tracheobronchial amyloidosis is a rare presentation and accounts for about 1% of benign tumors in this area. The diagnosis of disease is delayed due to nonspecific pulmonary symptoms. Therapeutic approaches are required to control progressive pulmonary symptoms for most of the patients. Herein, we report a case of a 68-year-old man admitted with progressive dyspnea to our institution for furthe...

Long-term results after 110 tracheal resections

OBJECTIVE Among the many therapeutic options for treating tracheal stenosis (e.g. bouginage, laser resection and stenting), segmental resection and reconstruction with end-to-end anastomosis is the method of choice. We verified this in an analysis of clinical material. PATIENTS AND METHODS We retrospectively evaluated 110 tracheal sleeve resections performed between 1985 and 2001. Data before...

Palliation of intrathoracic tracheal compression with a silastic tracheobronchial stent.

Asphyxia due to extrinsic tracheal compression by nonresectable tumour in the mediastinum is a particularly distressing problem, hitherto not amenable to relief by surgical means. Tracheostomy may be inappropriate, either because the tube falls short of the area of compression or because the segment of trachea at the tracheostomy site is affected by the pathological process; and endotracheal in...

Repeated partial endoscopic resections as treatment for two patients with inoperable tracheal tumours.

Management of recurrent distal tracheal stenosis using an endoprosthesis: a case report.

The authors report the case of a patient with recurrent distal tracheal stenosis after several tracheal resections. A T-Y tracheobronchial stent was inserted for the management of distal airway obstruction. The prosthesis was adapted based on the specifications obtained through a computed tomography scan of the chest with three-dimensional reconstruction.