Comparative Treatment Outcomes for Patients With Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Surgical treatment comparisons in rare diseases are difficult secondary to the geographic distribution of patients. Fortunately, emerging technologies offer promise to reduce these barriers for research.

Objective

To prospectively compare the outcomes of the 3 most common surgical approaches for idiopathic subglottic stenosis (iSGS), a rare airway disease.

Design, setting, and participants

In this international, prospective, 3-year multicenter cohort study, 810 patients with untreated, newly diagnosed, or previously treated iSGS were enrolled after undergoing a surgical procedure (endoscopic dilation [ED], endoscopic resection with adjuvant medical therapy [ERMT], or cricotracheal resection [CTR]). Patients were recruited from clinician practices in the Nor

SUBMITTER: Gelbard A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6824232 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature