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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 57, 1120-1124, Copyright © 1994 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Tracheal resections: lessons learned

KA Mansour, RB Lee and JI Miller Jr
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

Tracheal resection and primary anastomosis can be performed for the management of congenital, traumatic, iatrogenic, and neoplastic etiologies of tracheal stenosis. During a 19-year period, we performed 45 tracheal resections on 38 patients with low operative mortality (7.9%) and morbidity. One patients had congenital tracheal stenosis (group 1); 4 patients had stenosis resulting from traumatic lesions (group 2); 18 patients had stenosis caused by tracheostomy or endotracheal tubes (group 3); and 15 patients had stenosis caused by a variety of neoplastic lesions (nine primary and six secondary) (group 4). Preoperative evaluation and surgical and anesthesia management are described. Eight tracheal stents were used (three Neville prostheses and five Montgomery T tubes). Disastrous results occurred with the Neville prosthesis, but acceptable results were obtained when the Montgomery T tube was used. There were several "lessons learned" during the evolution of this series. Chest roentgenograms are not useful. Tracheal tomography and computed tomography are extremely informative in evaluation of iatrogenic and neoplastic lesions. Proper mobilization allows primary anastomosis after almost all resections. Excellent results were obtained with iatrogenic lesions. Increased mortality and morbidity occur in patients undergoing resection for neoplastic lesions; however, 5-year survival is good, and results are gratifying.

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