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Ann Thorac Surg 1996;62:828-829
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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DR THOMAS R. J. TODD (Toronto, Ont, Canada): I cannot let the last comment go without amplifying it because my colleagues and I agree with you 100% about the use of lasers in otherwise resectable either tracheal or bronchial strictures. We have observed over the last several years that patients who have had laser therapy, particularly in the subglottic region, end up with much more complex lesions and prolonged management than they do just with simple dilation, and it certainly therefore in the end complicates the eventual operation. So I just rise to congratulate you on a very fine report and wonderful experience but also to amplify what you said about lasers and to fully support that conclusion.

DR THOMAS J. KIRBY (Cleveland, OH): Would you advocate or do you propose any role for stents in benign lesions?

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