Evidence-based recommendations on endoscopic balloon dilation for subglottic or tracheal stenosis. This involves introducing a balloon device with the aim of widening the stenotic airway to improve ...

Doctors in Raipur successfully performed a complex tracheoplasty with anterior tracheal wall reconstruction on a 36-year-old patient suffering from severe subglottic stenosis. The patient, who ...

A little boy has been in a vegetative state for six years after his brain was deprived of oxygen during a surgery his family believes was unnecessary. Carlos Blanco, now eight, was born with ...

Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is a relatively uncommon collagen vascular disease that can lead to both upper and lower airway disease. Subglottic stenosis is one manifestation of the airway disease ...

In a proof-of-concept study, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have created a coating that can be applied to endotracheal tubes and release antimicrobial peptides that target ...

Evidence on the safety of endoscopic balloon dilation for subglottic or tracheal stenosis is adequate. The most serious complication related to the procedure, independent of age, is tracheal ...