Authors: JungHoon Park Jin Hyoung Kim HoYoung Song Ji Hoon Shin Heung Kyu Ko
Publish Date: 2013/09/12
Volume: 37, Issue: 3, Pages: 743-749
Abstract
We retrospectively reviewed of 13 patients with benign tracheal stricture caused by tracheostomy that was treated with balloon dilation or stent placement Balloon dilation had initially been performed Stent placement was indicated in patients who showed a poor response to balloon dilation Outcomes were assessed according to the following variables technical and clinical success Hugh–Jones classification scale before and after the procedures and complicationsBalloon dilation and stent placement were technically successful in all patients Nine of the 13 patients 69 showed no response to balloon dilation and the remaining the four patients showed a positive response to initial balloon dilation Six of the nine 67 patients showed a good response to temporary stent placement and required no further treatment Mean Hugh–Jones grades improved from 36 ± 08 to 18 ± 11 P 0001 During a followup period of 26–408 months mean 165 overall clinical success was achieved in 10 patients 77 after a single balloon dilation n = 4 and temporary stent placement n = 6 The remaining three patients with clinical failure underwent tracheal resection n = 3
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