OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to analyze characteristics and results of redo tracheal resection and reconstruction. METHODS: Seventy-five patients were operated on between 1966 and 1997 after unsuccessful initial repairs for postintubation tracheal stenosis. RESULTS: Sixteen of these patients came from a group of 32 patients with unsuccessful repair among the 450 primary resections and reconstructions performed at our institution. Fifty-nine patients were referred to us after unsuccessful initial repair elsewhere. Initial management was a T-tube or tracheotomy in 39 patients. The length of repeat resection ranged from 1.0 cm to 5.5 cm (mean 3.5 cm). A laryngeal release was used in 19 patients (25%) to reduce anastomotic tension. Complications occurred in 29 patients (39%) and were most frequent in the group requiring laryngeal release (12/19, 63.2%). Overall outcome was good in 59 patients (78.6%) and satisfactory in 10 (13.3%). The repair was unsuccessful in four patients (5.3%), and two patients died (2.6%). CONCLUSIONS: Despite difficulties encountered in reoperative surgery after failed tracheal reconstruction for postintubation stenosis, successful outcome may be achieved in a large number of cases.
OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to analyze characteristics and results of redo tracheal resection and reconstruction. METHODS: Seventy-five patients were operated on between 1966 and 1997 after unsuccessful initial repairs for postintubation tracheal stenosis. RESULTS: Sixteen of these patients came from a group of 32 patients with unsuccessful repair among the 450 primary resections and reconstructions performed at our institution. Fifty-nine patients were referred to us after unsuccessful initial repair elsewhere. Initial management was a T-tube or tracheotomy in 39 patients. The length of repeat resection ranged from 1.0 cm to 5.5 cm (mean 3.5 cm). A laryngeal release was used in 19 patients (25%) to reduce anastomotic tension. Complications occurred in 29 patients (39%) and were most frequent in the group requiring laryngeal release (12/19, 63.2%). Overall outcome was good in 59 patients (78.6%) and satisfactory in 10 (13.3%). The repair was unsuccessful in four patients (5.3%), and two patients died (2.6%). CONCLUSIONS: Despite difficulties encountered in reoperative surgery after failed tracheal reconstruction for postintubation stenosis, successful outcome may be achieved in a large number of cases.
Authors: Andreas Kirschbaum; Afshin Teymoortash; Carlos Suárez; Jatin P Shah; Carl E Silver; Iain Nixon; Alessandra Rinaldo; Luiz P Kowalski; K Thomas Robbins; Alfio Ferlito Journal: Auris Nasus Larynx Date: 2016-04-14 Impact factor: 1.863