Balloon dilatation of postoperative tracheal stenosis
Abstract
Three patients who had previously undergone linear augmentation tracheoplasty developed postoperative stenosis within the grafted segment. In each patient, balloon catheter dilatation successfully enlarged the stenotic airway obviating secondary reconstruction in two. (J Pediatr Surg 1988 Dec;23(12):1178-9)
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital, Detroit, MI 48201
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