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Turkish Archives of Otolaryngology 2004; 42(3): 181-185 Abstract |
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Full Text in Turkish [PDF] 297 KB |
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Dilatation and Stent Application in the Management
of Posttracheostomy Tracheal Stenosis in Children: Report of Two Cases
Çocuklarda
Trakeotomi Sonrası Oluşan Trakeal Stenozlarda Dilatasyon ve Stent
Uygulaması: İki Olgu Sunumu |
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| Osmangazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Eskisehir, Turkey |
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| Tracheostomy, tracheal stenosis, stent, dilatation, child |
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Before planning the open surgery for posttracheostomy tracheal stenosis (PTTS) in children, bronchoscopic dilatation and stent application should be considered as an alternative method in the management. Totally 6 stent and 22 dilatation procedures with bronchoscopy were evaluated in 2 patients who had PTTS following traffic accidents. In the first patient who was 11 years old, 5 stents were changed and 13 dilatations were performed in the first year; only one stent was used and 5 dilatations were performed in the second year. The stents were left for 10 days to 9 months. The intervals between the dilatations were between 10 days to 5 months. Only four dilatations with intervals of 20 days to 1 month were performed in the second patient who was 6 years old. After treatment, in the long-term follow-up of the both patients, no respiratory distress was observed, and no clinical and radiological pathologies as well. |
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| Accepted: March 29, 2004 | |||
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Correspondence: |
Baran Tokar, MD Osmangazi Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Çocuk Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı Meşelik 26480 Eskişehir - Türkiye, Phone: (0222) 239 29 79, Fax: (0222) 229 01 10 e-mail: btokar@ogu.edu.tr
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