New hybrid method for trachea dilatation with rigid and flexible tools

Konstantinos Sapalidis; Stella Laskou; Aikaterini Amaniti; Charilaos Koulouris; Dimitrios Giannakidis; Stylianos Mantalovas; Ilias Karapantzos; Chrysa Karapantzou; Paul Zarogoulidis; Iakovos Arapakis; Haidong Huang; Chong Bai; Ioanna Kougioumtzi; Nikolaos Katsikogiannis; Eirini Sarika; Fotis Konstantinou; Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt; Isaak Kesisoglou

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.04.012

New hybrid method for trachea dilatation with rigid and flexible tools

Respir Med Case Rep. 2018 Apr 20:24:65-73. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.04.012. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Konstantinos Sapalidis¹, Stella Laskou¹, Aikaterini Amaniti¹, Charilaos Koulouris¹, Dimitrios Giannakidis¹, Stylianos Mantalovas¹, Ilias Karapantzos², Chrysa Karapantzou², Paul Zarogoulidis³, Iakovos Arapakis², Haidong Huang⁴, Chong Bai⁴, Ioanna Kougioumtzi⁵, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis⁵, Eirini Sarika⁵, Fotis Konstantinou⁶, Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt^{7

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Affiliations

¹ 3rd Department of Surgery, ``AHEPA`` University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece.
² Ear, Nose and Throat Department, ``Saint Luke`` Private Hospital, Thessaloniki, Panorama, Greece.
³ Pulmonary Department-Oncology Unit, ``Theageneio`` Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁴ Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
⁵ Surgery Department (NHS), University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
⁶ Thoracic Surgery Department, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
⁷ Sana Clinic Group Franken, Department of Cardiology, "Hof" Clinics, University of Erlangen, Hof, Germany.
⁸ Sana Clinic Group Franken, Department of Pulmonology, "Hof" Clinics, University of Erlangen, Hof, Germany.
⁹ Sana Clinic Group Franken, Department of Intensive Care, "Hof" Clinics, University of Erlangen, Hof, Germany.
¹⁰ Sana Clinic Group Franken, Department of Nephrology, "Hof" Clinics, University of Erlangen, Hof, Germany.

Abstract

Trachea stenosis is observed either in benign or malignant situations. In cancer malignancy a tumor might obstruct the central airway in three different ways. Again granuloma tissue is usually observed after intubation or stent placement in order to manage a benign malformation of the trachea. In any case there are several tools and techniques that can be used either with surgery or endoscopically to manage such situation. We will focus on a hybrid technique in order to ventilate the patient while performing endoscopic management of granuloma tissue.

Keywords: Balloon dilation; Endoscopy; Rigid scope; Trachea.

Publication types

Case Reports