1978 Volume 29 Issue 6 Pages 343-347
Four cases of tracheal stenosis following the tracheotomy are presented.
The pathogenesis of tracheal stenosis is also discussed.
In one patient who kept a nasopharyngeal intubation for 8 months, decanulation was not successfully achieved. In all cases including this patient, however, decanulation was completely successful using silicone T-tube. The duration of silicone T-tube insertion in four patients was 7 months, 7 months, 9 months and 12 months respectively.
All patients were allowed to stay at home with T-tube in place.
It is the authors' opinion that silicone T-tube may be the most effective in selected cases, though many techniques have been applied for the treatment of tracheal stenosis.
