If elective surgery has been recommended to be postponed some diseases could potentially become life-threatening and cannot be delayed. Among these conditions, tracheal idiopathic stenosis, primary caused by endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy, usually become symptomatic when reach 50% obstruction. Endoscopic procedures could be considered as frst treatment in selected patients after stenosis evaluation, such as non-complex stenosis with low grade of cartilage involvement or tracheomalacia
Managing benign tracheal stenosis during COVID-19 outbreak / Fiorelli, S.; Menna, C.; Massullo, D.; Rendina, E. A.. - In: GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. - ISSN 1863-6705. - (2021), pp. 1-2. [10.1007/s11748-020-01466-4]
Managing benign tracheal stenosis during COVID-19 outbreak
Fiorelli S.;Menna C.;Massullo D.;Rendina E. A.
2021
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If elective surgery has been recommended to be postponed some diseases could potentially become life-threatening and cannot be delayed. Among these conditions, tracheal idiopathic stenosis, primary caused by endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy, usually become symptomatic when reach 50% obstruction. Endoscopic procedures could be considered as frst treatment in selected patients after stenosis evaluation, such as non-complex stenosis with low grade of cartilage involvement or tracheomalacia| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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