A modified procedure of T-tube maneuver to treat tracheal total obstruction involving ablative bronchoscopy sparing open surgical intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The study objectives were to test an innovative T-tube procedure involving ablative bronchoscopy for the treatment of total airway occlusion and to orchestrate a safe and nontraumatic maneuver to treat intricate subglottic stenosis amenable for substituting the conventional surgical intervention.

Methods

This was an uncontrolled single-center cohort study on 1254 patients from January 2001 to June 2021. Patients underwent the modified T-tube procedure treatment for tracheal stenosis. Only 42 patients were included in the study because they had full records for subglottic total occlusion sitting tracheostomy. The ablative bronchoscopy, aided by a fixed suspending laryngoscope, was applied to retunnel their total airway occlusion. T-tube revision and removal were co

SUBMITTER: Shai SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10750795 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature