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. 1967 Nov;22(6):572–576. doi: 10.1136/thx.22.6.572

Tracheal stricture following tracheostomy

P B Deverall 1
PMCID: PMC471722  PMID: 6076514

Abstract

Six cases of tracheal obstruction following tracheostomy are described in which surgical intervention was necessary. These occurred in a series of 104 tracheostomies. In adults the strictures have occurred at the site of pressure of the tracheostomy tube cuff. Management has been by excision of the stricture with end-to-end reconstruction. Tracheal narrowing in children has been of a different type, occurring at stomal level, and management has been more difficult.

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