Efficacy of Surgical Airway Plasty for Benign Airway XXXX .

@entity1 @entity850 @entity378
BACKGROUND: Long-term patency is required during treatment for benign airway @entity850 . This study investigated the effectiveness of surgical airway plasty for benign airway @entity850 . METHODS: Clinical courses of 20 @entity1 , who were treated with surgical plasty for their benign airway @entity850 , were retrospectively investigated. RESULTS: Causes of @entity850 were @entity378 in 12 @entity1 , post-intubation @entity850 in five @entity1 , malacia in two @entity1 , and others in one @entity1 . 28 interventional pulmonology procedures and 20 surgical plasty were performed. Five @entity1 with post-intubation @entity850 and four @entity1 with @entity378 were treated with tracheoplasty. Eight @entity1 with @entity378 were treated with bronchoplasty, and two @entity1 with malacia were treated with stabilization of the membranous portion. @entity850 was observed in four @entity1 , and one to four additional treatments were required. Performance status, Hugh-Jones classification, and ventilatory functions were improved after surgical plasty. Outcomes were fair in @entity1 with @entity378 and malacia. However, efficacy of surgical plasty for post-intubation @entity850 was not observed. CONCLUSION: Surgical airway plasty may be an acceptable treatment for @entity378 . @entity1 with malacia recover well after surgical plasty. There may be untreated @entity1 with malacia who have the potential to benefit from surgical plasty.
