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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:2419-2420
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Brendan Madden, MD, MS, Abhijat Sheth, MBBS, FRCS

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Georges Hospital, Tooting, London, SW17 0QT UK

(Email: brendan.madden@stgeorges.nhs.uk).

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To the Editor:

We believe that Drs Pramesh and Mistry [1] are missing the point of our publications regarding endobronchial stenting [2–4]. As we stated in our first publication and have consistently repeated, tracheal resection and reconstruction operations are the gold standard for tracheal stenosis caused by benign granulation tissue [2]. We make the point however that some patients may be medically unfit for these procedures and alternative approaches such as neodymium yttrium–aluminium–garnet (Nd YAG) laser fulguration or tracheal stenting are used. Throughout . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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