Perioperative Airway Management Strategy and Posttransplant Successful Tracheal Resection and Reconstruction in a Heart Transplant Candidate with Post-intubation Stenosis

Ergenoglu M. U., PEKTOK E., Yerebakan H., PEKTOK E., Kucukaksu S.

THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, cilt.60, sa.4, ss.295-298, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 60 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1055/s-0030-1271014
  • Dergi Adı: THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.295-298
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Post-intubation tracheal stenosis (PTS) is an important clinical situation. It is estimated to occur in approximately 5% to 20% of intubated or tracheostomized patients. PTS most commonly occurs after prolonged intubation, and the treatment options have been well discussed in the literature. However, in solid organ transplantation, the necessity of administering high doses of corticosteroids as well as immunosuppressive therapies may compromise the healing processes following tracheal resection and reconstruction, requiring different treatment strategies for simultaneous PTS. We present a patient suffering from end-stage heart failure and post-intubation tracheal stenosis along with our treatment strategy.