Among the many therapeutic options for treating tracheal stenosis (e.g. bouginage, laser resection and stenting), segmental resection and reconstruction with end-to-end anastomosis is the method of choice. We verified this in an analysis of clinical material.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Schillerhoehe Hospital, Centre for Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery, Gerlingen, Germany. friedel@klinik-schillerhoehe.de