Cicatrical stenoses of trachea: difficult and unresolved issues in resection and reconstructive plastic processes
Surgical treatment was performed in 253 patients with cicatrical stenoses of trachea. Endoscopic methods of treatment were used in 179 cases. Resections and reconstructive plastic processes were performed in 74 patients. Indications and contraindications to reconstructive plastic processes in patients cicatrical stenoses of trachea were stated. The main criteriae of evaluating local changes in thе tracheal wall are location, the degree of severity of trachea stenosis, its extension and morphology structure. Presence and progression of severe complications of trachea stenosis should be a cause to decrease the duration of operation. In patients who need prolonged rehabilitation period, in oncology patients who were operated in period of 2 years the term of performing resections and plastic of trachea may be deffered.