[Cicatricial tracheal stenosis in elderly and senile patients: immediate and long-term results of treatment]. 2023

E B Topolnitskiy, and A N Tsydenova
Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, Russia.

OBJECTIVE To present treatment outcomes in elderly and senile patients with cicatricial tracheal stenosis (CTS) and features of their perioperative management. METHODS The study included 46 elderly and senile patients with CTS. We analyzed their gender and age, body mass index, etiology, extent and degree of stenosis, comorbidity index and ASA grade, postoperative complications according to TMM grading system. RESULTS Age of patients varied from 61 to 95 years (mean 66.38±8.65). Post-intubation stenosis was detected in 7 (15.2%) patients, post-tracheostomy CTS - in 39 (84.8%) patients (2 (4.3%) ones with tracheoesophageal fistula and 18 (39.1%) ones with tracheomalacia). CTS length ranged from 8 to 65 mm. The causes of invasive mechanical ventilation were traumatic brain and spinal trauma in 6 cases, emergency surgery in 11 cases and therapeutic diseases in 29 cases. CTS of cervical trachea was found in 21 patients, subglottic larynx and cervical trachea - 8 patients, cervical and upper thoracic trachea - 12 patients, thoracic segment - 3 patients, multifocal lesions - 2 patients. The Charlson index ranged from 5 to 12 points. ASA grade II was observed in 8 (17.4%) patients, III - 28 (60.9%), IV - in other ones. Circular resection was performed in 5 patients, laryngotracheoplasty - in 37 patients. CTS repair and tracheoesophageal fistula closure with laryngotracheoplasty were carried out in 2 patients. Postoperative complications occurred in 18 (39.1%) patients, mortality was 2.17%. In 21.7% of cases, complications were associated with tracheal suture. Endoscopic procedures, cryosurgery and hyperbaric oxygenation were used for correction. Good and satisfactory treatment outcomes were achieved in 86.5% of patients. CONCLUSIONS Surgical treatment of CTS in elderly and senile patients requires participation of interdisciplinary team with special experience. Laryngotracheoplasty is safe and effective in these patients, and indications for circular resection are still limited.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D003251 Constriction, Pathologic The condition of an anatomical structure's being constricted beyond normal dimensions. Stenosis,Stricture,Constriction, Pathological,Pathologic Constriction,Constrictions, Pathologic,Pathologic Constrictions,Pathological Constriction,Stenoses,Strictures
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000369 Aged, 80 and over Persons 80 years of age and older. Oldest Old
D014132 Trachea The cartilaginous and membranous tube descending from the larynx and branching into the right and left main bronchi. Tracheas
D014135 Tracheal Stenosis A pathological narrowing of the TRACHEA. Stenoses, Tracheal,Stenosis, Tracheal,Tracheal Stenoses
D014138 Tracheoesophageal Fistula Abnormal passage between the ESOPHAGUS and the TRACHEA, acquired or congenital, often associated with ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA. Esophagotracheal Fistula,Esophagotracheal Fistulas,Fistula, Esophagotracheal,Fistula, Tracheoesophageal,Fistulas, Esophagotracheal,Fistulas, Tracheoesophageal,Tracheoesophageal Fistulas
D016896 Treatment Outcome Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series. Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes

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