Surgical Treatment of Benign Tracheal Stenosis: Analysis of Twenty-One Patients

• Published in: Gazi tıp dergisi Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 140 - 143
• Main Authors: Bas,Aynur, Çelik,Ali, Ünal,Yusuf, Kurul,İsmail Cüneyt, Taştepe,Abdullah İrfan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gazi Üniversitesi Yayınları 01-01-2019
• Subjects: Sağlık Hizmetleri; Tıp; Ankara; Türkiye; trakea; benign stenoz; benign stenosis; Trachea; cerrahi; surgery
• ISSN: 2147-2092; 2147-2092
• DOI: 10.12996/gmj.2019.36

Objective: The objective of this study was to retrospectively evaluate 21 cases
of tracheal stenosis that underwent surgery due to benign tracheal stenosis.
Methods: A total of 21 patients who underwent surgery due to benign
tracheal stenosis in our clinic between 2010 and 2017 were retrospectively
evaluated. The patients were analyzed in terms of age, gender, surgical
indication, surgical approach, comorbidities, length of the trachea resected,
postoperative complications, the duration of hospitalization and development
of restenosis.
Results: Out of 21 patients, 12 were male and nine female. Surgical indication
was postintubation tracheal stenosis in 15 patients. The mean age was 39.6
(10-83) and the mean length of resection was 3.33 cm. Collar incision was
performed in 16, collar and sternotomy incision in 3, and sternotomy incision
in 2 patients. Complication rates were high in patients with comorbidity.
Conclusion: Tracheal surgery is mostly applied due to benign disease in
addition to the malignant diseases of the tracheal surgery is mostly performed
with low rates of morbidity and mortality, and the outcomes are usually
satisfactory.