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Our data suggest that bioabsorbable materials can be used as a reliable, temporary, tracheal replacement conduit.
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PMID: 21095312
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A 2.96-kg (6.5-lb) 9-month-old spayed female domestic longhair cat was admitted for removal of a tracheal foreign body.
The cat had moderate respiratory distress but otherwise appeared to be healthy. Thoracic radiography revealed a foreign body in the trachea.
The cat was anesthetized and endoscopy...
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PMID: 20839991
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During the past several years, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from adult tissue have rapidly moved from in vitro and animal studies into clinical trials as a therapeutic modality for a diverse group of clinical applications, including head and neck reconstruction. For many dis...
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PMID: 19951250
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We report preventive innominate artery division or ligation through a suprasternal approach for impending tracheo-innominate artery fistula (TIF) with recurrent airway oozing in patients with severe neuromuscular disease. Our approach is less invasive and a favorable procedure as preventive surgery...
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PMID: 20859729
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Surgical resection and reconstruction of the trachea can be performed both for benign and malignant diseases. The main indications for surgery include inflammatory (generally post-intubation), congenital or post-traumatic stenoses, degenerative lesions, benign or malignant neoplasms. Success can be...
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PMID: 21214040
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In the presence of a dynamic upper airway obstruction, JV(S) via a distant injector may result in PEEP(i), which cannot be detected when airway pressure is measured in front of the obstruction....
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PMID: 20601451
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We present the case of a 33 year-old female agriculture engineer with endotracheal tuberculosis (ETTB). It was treated successfully with prompt long-course antituberculous medication without complications or need for endotracheal intervention. This unusual case of ETTB, diagnosed promptly by fiberop...
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PMID: 20578548
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Recent advances in multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) technology have transformed the imaging evaluation of the trachea and bronchi. Multiplanar 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional volume reconstruction techniques, including external rendering and virtual bronchoscopy, can be generated in mere min...
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PMID: 20463531
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We describe a case of a 36-year-old woman with dyspnea due to EITT. We also discuss the epidemiology, etiologies, presentation, diagnosis, and management of EITT. Because EITT is a rare cause of airway obstruction, we hope to remind the clinician of it by presenting this case....
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PMID: 20375955
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We reviewed our institutional experience of surgical cases of tuberculosis in the last decade. There were 42 surgical cases, including 26 cases of tuberculoma, 5 cases of tuberculous lymphadenitis, 4 cases of tracheobronchial tuberculosis, and 7 cases of tuberculous empyema. The most aim of the surg...
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PMID: 20560397
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We here report a 26-year-old man who presented with hemoptysis related to a systemic tracheal primary amyloidosis.
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PMID: 20219273
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We present a case of a newborn patient with a tracheobiliary fistula and severe respiratory insufficiency needing extracorporal membrane oxygenation to recover.
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PMID: 20385268
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Massive goiter with retrosternal extension may impose additional risk such as difficult intubation, tracheomalacia, and possibility of different incision and approach including sternotomy. We would like to report a case of massive goiter encasing major neck structures and how it was managed.
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PMID: 21265261
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CT showed a pulmonary and mediastinal tumor process in 2 cases and pericarinal tumor in 1 case. Diffuse bronchial wall thickening was present in all cases. Review of biopsy material showed tracheobronchial amyloidosis in 1 case. Patient work-up showed no evidence of extra-thoracic amyloidosis. Rapid...
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PMID: 20508561
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We report a case of successful surgical treatment of TIF 4-year after the tracheostomy due to subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Once the bleeding was controlled by the position and the high pressure of the tracheostomy tube cuff, but was not able to be controlled 24-hour after the hospitalization...
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PMID: 20141084
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We report here a case of innominate artery revascularization isolated from the trachea by a sternocleidomastoid pediculate interposition graft. The procedure was successful as demonstrated by the 2 years follow-up. Revascularization surgery should be reserved of specific cases. The risk of tracheal-...
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PMID: 19959305
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We therefore believe that her right paratracheal air cyst is an extension of a tracheal diverticulum. Right-sided paratracheal air cysts at the level of the thoracic inlet are a common finding on CT and should not be confused with pneumomediastinum in order to avoid unnecessary examinations or treat...
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PMID: 20154437
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A young man presented with infrequent haemoptysis spanning over 10 years. Chest radiograph was normal. However, the computed tomography (CT) of the chest had shown endotracheal wall changes. The diagnosis of tracheopathia osteoplastica was suggested on fiberoptic bronchoscopy and confirmed histologi...
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PMID: 20578407
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We present the case of a 16-year-old female patient who presented with dyspnoea, cough and noisy breathing that progressed further in hospital with the development of stridor and severe respiratory compromise requiring mechanical ventilatory support. Investigations were consistent with a diagnosis o...
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PMID: 20364617
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The results of estimation of the external respiration function (ERF) in 334 patients, treated in 1992-2007 in the clinic for mediastinal compression syndrome, caused by mediastinal tumors (MT), are adduced. There were delineated the main trends of investigation of the pulmonary ventilation capacity...
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PMID: 20474091
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Microbiologic analysis of tracheal and gastrostomic discharge was performed in 327 patients with iatrogenic injuries of trachea and esophagus, operated during 2003-2008. Main groups of microorganisms, colonizing the tracheobronchial tree were defined. St. epidermalis was defined in 3.9-13.3%, St. au...
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PMID: 20336037
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We describe a small gestational week 34 male newborn affected by tracheal atresia without esophageal fistula with associated fetal growth restriction, ascites and polyhydramnios. Post mortem examination revealed a diffuse cyanotic status, abdominal ascites and a low birth weight. A 3 cm tract of tra...
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PMID: 20387710
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After orotracheal intubation of a 30-year-old man with a flexible tube, a floating foreign body was noticed inside the tube. The subsequent bronchoscopy revealed a second foreign body near the bifurcation of the trachea. Both foreign bodies were removed successfully and identified as parts of the pl...
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PMID: 20012244
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We present an extremely rare case of complete laryngotracheal separation in a teenager driving a quad bike in a 'clothes line' type injury with chicken wire. This case highlights the need for prompt airway evaluation, radiological imaging required, surgical management and long term injury sequelae....
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PMID: 19902648
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All patients with bleeding in and around a tracheostomy must be investigated to exclude a serious cause. The overall incidence is approximately 5 per cent of tracheostomies performed in Adult Intensive Care Units (AICU). When bleeding commences more than 72 hours post-operatively, the possibility of...
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PMID: 19374781
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The diagnosis of TO can be easily underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed. Flexible bronchoscopy with histological examination is the main method for the diagnosis of TO. Radiofrequency and argon ion laser treatment are safe and effective....
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PMID: 19954000
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67-year-old patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic pansinusitis suffered from attacks of dyspnea, cough and common cold repeatedly. The chest X-ray was without clear pathology. Because of repeated difficulties, a bronchoscopic examination was made and a diagnosis of amyloidos...
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PMID: 19662892
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Tracheal diverticulum is a rare entity. When it does occur, it is usually discovered incidentally in an asymptomatic patient as an outpouching from the tracheal wall, usually on the right side. It can be either congenital or acquired. A tracheal diverticulum may act as a reservoir for secretions tha...
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PMID: 19172558
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Tracheopathia osteochondroplasia is a rare slowly progressive benign disease of unknown etiology characterized by submucosal nodules protruding in the airway. Most patients are asymptomatic but with progression of disease, symptoms of cough, hemoptysis, dyspnea, wheezing, hoarseness, and rarely airw...
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PMID: 20043617
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Laryngeal edema is a frequent complication of intubation. It often presents shortly after extubation as post-extubation stridor and results from damage to the mucosa of the larynx. Mucosal damage is caused by pressure and ischemia resulting in an inflammatory response. Laryngeal edema may compromise...
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PMID: 20017891
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We present a case of an incidental tracheal diverticulum in a patient with a recent history of motor vehicle accident with chest and neck trauma....
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PMID: 19135934
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Results of a commercial optical coherence tomography system used as part of a multimodality diagnostic bronchoscopy platform are presented for a 61-year-old patient with central airway obstruction from tracheopathica osteochondroplastica. Comparison to results of white-light bronchoscopy, histology,...
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PMID: 19566328
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Wegener granulomatosis is a rare systemic idiopathic disease characterized by involvement of small vessels - medium and small arteries, venules, arterioles and ocasionally large arteries. This disease has predilection for the upper and lower respiratory tract and the kidney, with granulomatous infla...
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PMID: 19649549
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Amyloidosis is a disease of protein metabolism characterized by the deposition of amyloid substance in several organs. Several types of amyloid protein exist and one of the possible classifications is primary, secondary or hereditary amyloidosis, based on the type of protein involved and whether the...
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PMID: 19341599
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A 69-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with heart failure. Echocardiography demonstrated severe mitral valve regurgitation due to chordae rupture of the posterior mitral leaflet. Although she was intubated and ventilation was initiated, her condition did not improve. On the 17th hospital d...
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PMID: 19068693
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The development of intrinsic innervation of the trachea in rats with CDH is abnormal with reduction of neural tissue accompanied by increase of glial tissue that could represent a response to neural damage. The significance of increased PGP 9.5 mRNA levels is unclear....
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PMID: 18958481
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Dry patties ignited after 2.3 +/- 1.2 seconds (average +/- standard deviation) of continuous 5 W laser fire at 50 per cent oxygen concentration, compared with 63.9 +/- 27.8 seconds for wet patties under the same laser and oxygen settings (p < 0.0001). There was a statistically significant reduction...
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PMID: 18577278
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We report a case of extranodal lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue with tracheobronchial involvement. An 83-year-old woman presented with a cough and dyspnea. Bronchoscopic evaluation confirmed diffuse, multiple nodular lesions in both the trachea and large bronchi, and she was diagnosed w...
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PMID: 18972610
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Self-expandable metallic stent fracture is not uncommon in patients with tracheobronchial disease. Tortuous airway is an independent predictor for it. Although management of the fractured self-expandable metallic stent in our study was feasible and safe, self-expandable metallic stents should be res...
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PMID: 19026824
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Tracheal collapse was documented in 5.6% of American Miniature Horses admitted to this referral hospital. Median age at onset of clinical signs was 11 years with a range of 2 to 15 years. Common complaints and clinical signs included respiratory distress, tachypnea, inspiratory honking noises, and i...
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PMID: 19180718
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to illustrate the spectrum of central airway and vascular complications in lung transplantation using MDCT, with an emphasis on the usefulness of advanced postprocessing techniques. CONCLUSION: MDCT is an invaluable tool in the diagnosis, evaluation, and pos...
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PMID: 18806141
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