| No of patients |
Indication |
surgical procedure before stenting |
No of procedures before stenting |
maybe surgical alternative to stenting |
| 7 |
short stenosis |
1 end to end resection |
1 |
end-to-end resection or tracheotomy |
| 5 |
compresssion by struma |
|
|
strumectomie and possibly tracheotomy |
| 5 |
complex stenosis |
tracheal reconstruction using cadaveral homograft trachea
Tracheo-bronchoplastic reconstruction |
2 sequentielly in one patient
2 sequentielly in one patient |
lung transplantation
lung transplantation |
| 1 |
distal stricture |
|
|
carinal resection |
| 1 |
compression due to aneurysm of aortic arch |
|
|
aortic arch graft |
