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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995;109:486-493
© 1995 Mosby, Inc.

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY

Postintubation tracheal stenosisTreatment and results

Boston, Mass.

From the General Thoracic Surgical Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

Address for reprints: H. C. Grillo, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114.

Abstract

A total of 503 patients underwent 521 tracheal resections and reconstructions for postintubation stenosis from 1965 through 1992. Fifty-three had had prior attempts at surgical resection, 51 others had undergone various forms of tracheal or laryngeal repair, and 45 had had laser treatment. There were 251 cuff lesions, 178 stomal lesions, 38 at both levels, and 36 of indeterminate origin. Sixty-two patients with major laryngeal injuries required complete resection of anterior cricoid cartilage and anastomosis of trachea to thyroid cartilage, and 117 had tracheal anastomosis to the cricoid. A cervical approach was used in 350, cervicomediastinal in 145, and transthoracic in 8. Length of resection was 1.0 to 7.5 cm. Forty-nine had laryngeal release to reduce anastomotic tension. A total of 471 patients (93.7%) had good (87.5%) or satisfactory (6.2%) results. Eighteen of 37 whose operation failed underwent a second reconstruction. Eighteen required postoperative tracheostomy or T-tube insertion for extensive or multilevel disease. Twelve died (2.4%). The most common complication, suture line granulations (9.7%), has almost vanished with the use of absorbable sutures. Wound infection occurred in 15 (3%) and glottic dysfunction in 11 (2.2%). Five had postoperative innominate artery hemorrhage. Resection and reconstruction offer optimal treatment for postintubation tracheal stenosis. (J THORACCARDIOVASC SURG 1995;109:486-93)

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