Congenital tracheal stenosis (CTS) is a rare condition characterized ... The one-year survival rate post-surgery was reported at 88.8%, with most survivors achieving successful extubation without ...

Inclusion criteria: patient requiring tracheostomy; 16-years or older; diagnosis of post-intubation benign laryngeal and/or tracheal stenosis; no previous history of airway reconstruction surgery.

Repeated measurements are taken at the upper and lower borders of the stenosis and tracheostoma, if present, and lastly at the level of the carina (Figure 6). In order to program the surgery correctly ...

"Any new clinical intervention that reduces the need for surgery is a breakthrough because ... papillomas predominantly in the larynx, trachea, and lungs. Standard treatment -- repeated laser ...

An eight-year-old boy underwent a surgery for primary tracheal schwannoma, a rare neurogenic tumour affecting trachea, at G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial (GKNM) Hospital recently. The boy hailing ...

As part of a quality improvement process, data were reviewed for all children less than 1 year old who underwent congenital cardiac or great vessel surgery between October 1, 2010, and October 24 ...

Minimally invasive heart procedures like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and MitraClip placement to treat mitral regurgitation can improve quality of life, and even be lifesaving, for ...

The Medicare data contradict results from the TCW randomized trial but better represent real-world practice, say authors.

Tube feeding involves giving a liquid dietary formula through a flexible tube inserted into the digestive tract. It is used when patients can’t get enough nutrition by eating. Feeding tubes can be ...

Diagnosing TOS can be complex. It begins by your physician asking you a series of questions to find out your symptoms and how the symptoms began. Depending on your symptoms, your doctor will be able ...