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Acquired subglottic stenosis: aetiological profile and treatment results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2014

S Pookamala ,
A Thakar ,
K Puri ,
P Singh ,
R Kumar  and
S C Sharma
S Pookamala
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
A Thakar*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
K Puri
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
P Singh
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
R Kumar
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
S C Sharma
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
*
Address for correspondence: Mr A Thakar, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India Fax: 00-91-11-26588663 E-mail: drathakar@gmail.com
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Abstract

Objectives:

To analyse the aetiological profile and surgical results of patients with acquired chronic subglottic stenosis, and formulate a surgical scheme based on an audit of various surgical procedures.

Methods:

Thirty patients were treated by 65 procedures (31 endoscopic and 34 external) between 2004 and 2009.

Results:

Isolated subglottic stenosis was noted as unusual in the majority (27 cases), demonstrating contiguous tracheal or glottic involvement. The major aetiologies were intubation injury (n = 8) and external injury (n = 21) (i.e. blunt trauma, strangulation or penetrating injury). Vocal fold immobility and cartilage framework involvement were frequent with external injury and infrequent with intubation injury. Luminal restoration was achieved by endoscopic procedures in 2 cases, external procedures in 19 cases, and external plus adjuvant endoscopic procedures in 8 cases. The preferred surgical options were: endoscopic procedures, restricted to short, recent, grade I or II mucosal stenosis cases; and external procedures for all other stenosis situations, including isolated subglottic (anterior cricoid split plus cartilage graft), subglottic and glottic or high subglottic (anterior plus posterior cricoid split with cartilage graft), and subglottic and tracheal (cricotracheal resection with anastomosis).

Conclusions:

External injury stenosis has a worse profile than intubation injury stenosis. Anatomical categorisation of subglottic stenosis guides surgical procedure selection. Endoscopic procedures have limited indications as primary procedures but are useful adjunctive procedures.

Keywords

LarynxTracheal StenosisAcquired Subglottic StenosisLaryngostenosis

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 128 , Issue 7 , July 2014 , pp. 641 - 648
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2014 

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