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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:718-719
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Operative Endoscopy of the Airway With the Old-Fashioned Esophageal Dilators

Federico Venuta, MDa,*, Erino A. Rendina, MDa, Tiziano De Giacomo, MDa, Anna Maria Ciccone, MDa, Marco Anile, MDa, Marco Moretti, MDa, Giorgio Furio Coloni, MDa

a Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy

Accepted for publication November 21, 2003.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Venuta, Università di Roma "La Sapienza," Cattedra di Chirurgia Toracica, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome 00100 Italy
sofed{at}libero.it

Bronchial dilation is usually required to treat a number of disorders; the most frequent are complications after airway surgery, including lung transplantation, stenosis after radiotherapy, and compression by an extraluminal mass. The procedure is performed by forcing the tip of a rigid bronchoscope through the stenosis using barrels of increasing size; however, when there is a clear discrepancy between the caliber of the rigid instrument and the stenosis, the first step may be difficult. In such cases, we have successfully employed two types of old-fashioned esophageal dilators rescued from the armamentarium of our endoscopy unit.




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