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Correspondence

Technical Standpoints in Tracheal Surgery

Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Perugia Medical School, Chirurgia Toracica, Ospedale Civile S. Maria, Terni, 05100 Italy

(Email: francescopuma@aospterni.it).

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To the Editor:

We read with great interest the article by Abbasidezfouli and colleagues [1]. The authors reported their extensive experience in the treatment of postintubation tracheal damage, focusing on the challenging treatment of multi-segmental tracheal stenoses (MTS).

Several concepts in this article are to be considered as a matter of debate:

1 First, MTS is not an uncommon problem when a cuff stricture is associated with a stomal lesion [2]. If the extent of the disease is not too long, then immediate surgical . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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				A. Abbasidezfouli Reply Ann. Thorac. Surg., April 1, 2008; 85(4): 1500 - 1501. [Full Text] [PDF]