VIDEOTHORACOSCOPIC TRACHEAL RESECTION AND RECONSTRUCTION IN POSTINTUBATION TRACHEAL STENOSIS: CASE REPORT

SEMİH ERDUHAN, CELAL BUGRA SEZEN, GAMZE TANRIKULU, YASAR SÖNMEZOGLU, VOLKAN ERDOGU, MUZAFFER METİN

Current Thoracic Surgery - 2022;7(3):163-166

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Health Sciences University, Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Bronchoscopy of a 58-year-old female patient who complained of dyspnea after prolonged intubation revealed stenosis of approximately 2 cm in length at a distance of 2 cm from the carina. Upon that, the patient underwent tracheal resection and reconstruction with VATS using 3 ports. Operations can be performed safely through minimally invasive surgical approaches for tracheal stenoses at the thoracic level.