A surgical technique for size reduction of exceedingly large tracheal stoma

作者：Teymoortash Afshin^*; Hoch Stephan; Werner Jochen A

来源：Auris Nasus Larynx, 2011, 38(2): 276-278.

DOI：10.1016/j.anl.2010.09.004

• Large tracheal stoma
• Size reduction
• Surgical technique

Objective: After tracheostomy some patients may develop a tracheal stoma of excessive size. Effective application of tracheostomy tube is not possible in those patients.
Patients and methods: Inserted cannula for protection from aspiration or artificial ventilatory assistance becomes easily displaced in two patients with tracheal stoma of excessive size. A simple surgical technique for treatment of large symptomatic tracheal stoma is described in the present study.
Results: A complete symptomatic improvement was noted in those patients after size reduction of the stoma using a new surgical technique.
Conclusion: Surgical size reduction could be helpful in large tracheal stoma in which tracheal tubes could not be secured from dislocation.

• 出版日期2011-4