Endoscopic treatment of thoracic tracheal stenosis with T-tube through tracheotomy opening in six patients

Cervical or thoracic trauma, tracheotomy and tracheal intubation for mechanical ventilation tiaerapy are themain reasons of tracheal stenosis. Recently the incidence of tracheal stenosis is gradually increasing. Tracheal stenosis is an irreversible, progressive disease and the only effective treatment is surgical removal of stenosis tissue to restore normal tracheal lumen. From January 2008 to April 2011, 6 patients with thoracic tracheal stenosis in our department underwent tracheotomy and T-tube stent implantation by endoscope with good results.