Two Patients with Tracheal Stenosis Following Prolonged Intubation of Cuffed Tubes

Abstract

Two patients who had fallen into hypotension after surgical operation are reported. They were treated with intubation of a cuffed tube and intermittent, positive pressure ventilation. Later, tracheal stenosis occurred as a result of prolonged intubation. Both were successfully operated with end-to-end anastomosis of the trachea following segmental resection of stenotic trachea.
Possible causes of a tracheal stenosis such as airway infection, inflation pressure, steroids and hypotention were discussed.