Abstract |
The possibilities for therapeutic bronchoscopy have rapidly expanded during the last decade. Several techniques can be used exclusively or complementary to each other: dilation therapy, Nd-YAG laser photoresection and endobronchial stent insertion. This armamentarium can be used in several forms of tracheal stenosis, both benign and malignant. In post-intubation injuries and other benign conditions it can be a definitive treatment. In neoplastic tracheal stenoses, these procedures allow the time needed for proper staging and sometimes surgical resection, or very valuable palliation in well selected patients with inoperable disease.
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Authors | J F Vansteenkiste, L M Lacquet |
Journal | Acta oto-rhino-laryngologica Belgica
(Acta Otorhinolaryngol Belg)
Vol. 49
Issue 4
Pg. 359-65
( 1995)
ISSN: 0001-6497 [Print] Belgium |
PMID | 8525834
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Bronchoscopy
(methods)
- Catheterization
(methods)
- Dilatation
(methods)
- Female
- Humans
- Laser Therapy
(methods)
- Male
- Stents
- Tracheal Neoplasms
(surgery, therapy)
- Tracheal Stenosis
(surgery, therapy)
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