OBJECTIVES Tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF) is a rare, life-threatening condition. We report our results of surgical treatment and evaluation of the outcome of acquired non-malignant TOF. METHODS Twenty-five patients (aged 49 ± 21 years) with TOF were operated on between 2001 and 2011. Tracheo-oesophageal fistula was due to prolonged intubation/tracheostomy (84%), was secondary to other surg...

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...

Objective: To analyze the outcomes of patients undergoing repair of congenital tracheal stenosis. Methods: This was a retrospective review of congenital tracheal stenosis patients treated between 2001 and 2007 at the University of São Paulo School of Medicine Hospital das Clínicas in São Paulo, Brazil. Results: Six boys and one girl (age at diagnosis ranging from 28 days to 3 years) were includ...

We have treated surgically 11 patients with thyroid carcinoma that had infiltrated into the trachea. Three patients had primary tumours, and eight had recurrent tumours after previous operations. Sleeve resection of trachea was performed where thyroid carcinoma had proliferated; the trachea was reconstructed by end-to-end anastomosis. In two patients 10 rings of the trachea were resected. In th...

ABSTRACT Introduction Laryngotracheal stenosis (LS) is most commonly caused by iatrogenic injury, namely, tracheal intubation. The goal of treatment the maintenance a patent airway, which mostly achieved surgical intervention. Our objective was to study effect perioperative variables on resection anastomosis (TRA)/cricotracheal (CTRA) outcomes identifying statistically significant factors assoc...