Commentary. coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the airway. how can surgery help?

a large number of cases of benign tracheal stenosis is eventually expected because of the prolonged intubation and/or tracheostomy performed to manage the severe respiratory impairment occurring in many patients with COVID-19. The authors reported the presence of a process of coagulative necrosis in the tissue of the resected airway (documented at the pathologic examination), thus confirming the recently published literature that points out the systemic effect of the COVID-19 that sometimes leads to multiorgan involvement.