Endoscopic Management of Subglottic Stenosis

Importance: Optimal management of subglottic stenosis has not been established. Endoscopic techniques include balloon dilation, radial incisions with carbon dioxide laser or cold knife, and combinations of techniques. Adjunctive measures include mitomycin application and glucocorticoid injection.

Objective: To determine whether surgical technique or adjunctive measures are associated with duration between surgical procedures.

Design, Setting, and Participants: Adult patients with subglottic stenosis treated endoscopically between 1995-2015 at a quaternary academic medical center were identified. Patients with isolated subglottic (cricotracheal) stenosis 18 years and older were included. Patients with prior open surgical procedures, prior laryngeal surgical procedures, glottic stenosis, or vocal fold paralysis were excluded.

Interventions: Patients underwent endoscopic procedures including laser radial incisions, balloon dilation, or both, with some patients receiving topical mitomycin, glucocorticoid injection, or both.

Main Outcomes and Measures: Time interval between endoscopic treatments.

Results: A total of 101 patients (mean [SD] age, 52.3 [15.9] years; 77.2% female) were included in the analysis, with etiologies including idiopathic (47 [46.5%]), intubation (31 [30.7%]), granulomatosis with polyangiitis (9 [8.9%]), and other autoimmune diseases (6 [5.9%]). Among the 219 operations, both laser and balloon dilation were used in 117 (53.4%), while balloon dilation alone was used in 96 (43.8%) and laser alone in 6 (2.7%). Mitomycin application and steroid injection were used in 144 (65.8%) and 93 (42.5%) cases, respectively. Mitomycin application was associated with improvement in the mean interval to next procedure from 317 to 474 days (absolute difference, 157 days; 95% CI, 15-299 days). Advanced grade of stenosis, dilation technique, and steroid injection did not significantly alter the surgical intervals.

Conclusions and Relevance: Endoscopic surgery for subglottic stenosis is a critical aspect of patient management. Neither surgical technique nor grade of stenosis was seen to alter the surgical intervals. Mitomycin application was associated with an extended time interval between endoscopic treatments.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 May 1;143(5):505-506. - PMID 28241172

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:143

Enthalten in:

JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery - 143(2017), 5 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 500-505

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Feinstein, Aaron J [VerfasserIn]
Goel, Alex [VerfasserIn]
Raghavan, Govind [VerfasserIn]
Long, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Chhetri, Dinesh K [VerfasserIn]
Berke, Gerald S [VerfasserIn]
Mendelsohn, Abie H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

50SG953SK6
Alkylating Agents
Glucocorticoids
Journal Article
Mitomycin

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 04.08.2017

Date Revised 25.11.2018

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CommentIn: JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 May 1;143(5):505-506. - PMID 28241172

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1001/jamaoto.2016.4131

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NLM269331220