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The resection and reconstruction of benign laryngotracheal strictures demands from the surgeon a critical selection of patients and careful preoperative judgment. The technical execution of the operation depends on mucosal resurfacing of cartilaginous planes within a small subglottic lumen. Postoperative edema or mucosal compromise potentially threatens the airway and clinical outcome; this circumstance explains the somewhat higher early complication rate and the slightly inferior long-term results compared with simple tracheal end-to-end anastomosis. When carefully performed, however, laryngotracheal reconstruction offers effective treatment with excellent long-term results for both idiopathic and intubation stenosis.
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Gaissert, H.A., Mathisen, D.J. (2015). Subglottic Tracheal Stenosis. In: Dienemann, H., Hoffmann, H., Detterbeck, F. (eds) Chest Surgery. Springer Surgery Atlas Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12044-2_5
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