Post-intubation tracheal stenosis after severe COVID-19 infection: A report of two cases.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and importance

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic disease that spread rapidly throughout the world and became a major public health concern. Approximately 5-12% of COVID-19 patients require admission to the intensive-care unit (ICU), where they often require oxygen therapy and prolonged intubation. Post-intubation laryngotracheal stenosis (PILS) is a complication that occurs in 10-22% of non-COVID-19 patients after prolonged intubation, while the rate of COVID-19 related PILS remains unknown. Additionally, there is still no consensus in the literature regarding the management modalities for PILS following COVID-19.

Case presentation

Here we report two cases of tracheal stenosis after prolonged intubation due to severe COVID-19 infection. The first

SUBMITTER: Alturk A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8187743 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature