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Quality-adjusted life year (QALY) differences over time. Over a 10-year horizon, cricotracheal/tracheal resection led to many more quality-adjusted life years versus endoscopic dilations. The area under the curve represents the cumulative QALYs gained by cricotracheal/tracheal resection over endoscopic dilations over 10 years.
