Table 1. Patients with stenosis following endotracheal intubation.
Age, years/gender | Indication for MMC use | Site of stenosis | Percentage/length of stenosisa | Reason for intubation | T-tube in situ | Outcome | Final outcome/follow-up period, months | ||
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Free of symptoms for at least 12 months | Topical applications of MMC, n | Complications | |||||||
28/F | Waiting for surgery | Subglottis | 100%/2.5 cm | Diabetic coma | No | No | 2 | Tracheoplasty/12 | |
45/M | Waiting for surgery | Trachea | 90%/2.5 cm | Acute abdomen | No | No | 5 | Tracheoplasty/12 | |
38/F | Waiting for surgery | Trachea | 80%/2.5 cm | Stroke | No | No | 2 | Tracheoplasty/12 | |
60/M | Waiting for surgery | Trachea | 90%/1.0 cm | AMI | No | Yes | 2 | Resolution/12 | |
23/M | Tetraplegia | Trachea | 70%/1.0 cm | Trauma | Yes | Yes | 1 | Resolution/12 | |
25/Fb | Membranous stenosis | Trachea | 90%/1.0 cm | Trauma | Yes | No | 1 | Keloid scarring | Tracheoplasty/26 |
47/M | Neurological deficit | Trachea | 40%/2.5 cm | Trauma | Yes | Yes | 1 | Fungal infection | Resolution/29 |
12/F | Membranous stenosis | Trachea | 80%/0.5 cm | Trauma | No | Yes | 5 | Resolution/18 | |
33/M | Neurological deficit | Trachea | 90%/0.5 cm | Trauma | No | Yes | 4 | Resolution/14 | |
48/M | Waiting for surgery | Trachea | 80%/1.0 cm | AMI | No | No | 4 | Tracheoplasty/12 | |
24/M | Complex stenosis | Larynx + trachea | 40%/1.0 cm | Trauma | No | Yes | 2 | Resolution/24 | |
19/F | Complex stenosis | Trachea + LMB | 60%/2.5 cm | Trauma | Yes | Yes | 4 | Tracheal stenosis, resolution/stenosis of the LMB, carinal prosthesis/24 | |
19/M | Waiting for surgery | Subglottis | 90%/2.0 cm | Trauma | No | No | 2 | Tracheoplasty/12 | |
29/M | Old stenosis | Trachea | 40%/2.5 cm | Trauma | Yes | No | 3 | T-tube placement/12 | |
26/M | Psychiatric disorder | Subglottis | 80%/2.0 cm | Suicide attempt | Yes | Yes | 1 | Resolution/24 |
MMC: mitomycin C; AMI: acute myocardial infarction; and LMB: left main bronchus. aAs assessed by bronchoscopy. bPatient with stenosis following endotracheal intubation as well as postoperative stenosis.