Abstract
Four patients who developed dyspnea after prolonged endotracheal intubation were referred from the thoracic surgery department.
They had been controlled their respiration under prolonged intubation after surgery.
In three cases, endotracheal granuloma at the site of the pressured cuffs were successfully removed and cauterized endoscopically.
In the fourth patient, who resisted the above treatment, a teflon tube was inserted into the trachea in order to keep the air-way patent. This patient has been tolerating the intubation for about sixteen months without any dyspneic spells.
