T-tubes are generally safe artificial airways used to stent and maintain the laryngotracheal airway in patients with stenosis or after laryngotracheal reconstruction. T-tube related airway complications are uncommon but potentially life-threatening. T-tube aspiration is rarely reported in the literature and may occur after coughing episodes and deep inspiration. Two cases of T-tube aspiration i...

OBJECTIVES To review all patients undergoing single-stage laryngotracheal reconstruction and to determine guidelines to predict successful outcomes and prevent the necessity of tracheotomy following laryngotracheal reconstruction. DESIGN Chart review. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS A retrospective chart review was performed at our institution involving all patients wh...

Background: Laryngotracheal stenosis is a common benign condition of airway obstruction in both the pediatric and adult age group. This could either be acquired or congenital, which there narrowing portions larynx trachea making it difficult to breathe. can managed by several operative endoscopic procedures. Flexible fiber optic laryngoscope an excellent tool diagnostic investigation laryngotra...

Background: Laryngotracheal stenosis (LTS) is a life-threatening disease that commonly results in airway obstruction children. Traditional treatments such as laryngotracheal reconstruction and balloon dilation all have the risk of restenosis. It great importance to spare patients morbidity LTS risks restenosis associated with these treatments. Laboratory clinical trials focused on fibrosis, cru...

INTRODUCTION Granulation tissue formation is a major problem complicating the treatment of upper airway stenosis. We present two cases of recurrent tracheal granulation tissue colonisation by Penicillium species in patients undergoing laryngotracheal reconstructive surgery for post-intubation tracheal stenosis. We believe that although most Penicillium species do not cause invasive disease they...

OBJECTIVE To present our experience with successful reversal of laryngotracheal separation in patients with chronic aspiration, to discuss our surgical technique, and to review the literature. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case review. METHODS The medical records of two patients who underwent a successful reversal of laryngotracheal reversal after separation were reviewed. The two patients wer...

To evaluate the effects of current supportive care measures for the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) upon the upper airway, we studied 30 survivors of ARDS. All patients were interviewed and examined and performed inspiratory and expiratory maximal flow-volume curves more than six months after the onset of ARDS. Three women had developed symptomatic upper airway obstruction due to lar...