Current Thoracic Surgery
2022 , Vol 7 , Issue 3
Videothoracoscopic tracheal resection and reconstruction in postintubation tracheal stenosis: case report
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Health Sciences University, Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
DOI :
10.26663/cts.2022.027
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Bronchoscopy of a 58-year-old female patient who complained of dyspnea after prolonged intubation
revealed stenosis of approximately 2 cm in length at a distance of 2 cm from the carina. Upon that, the patient
underwent tracheal resection and reconstruction with VATS using 3 ports. Operations can be performed
safely through minimally invasive surgical approaches for tracheal stenoses at the thoracic level.
Keywords :
video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, post-intubation tracheal stenosis, tracheal resection, minimally invasive surgery, tracheal surgery