• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.5-8
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• 2004

Stenosing airway disease is classified as intraluminal obstruction, extrinsic compression, and malacia by the anatomical site of the lesion. Stenting therapy is indicated for symptomatic relief of life-threatening dyspnea caused by the last two types. Airway stents are made with metal mesh and/or silicone rubber, and currently more than 20 kinds of stent are available. Among many kinds of silicone stent, the Dumon stent is mostly widely used for benign and malignant airway stenoses, but general anesthesia and rigid bronchoscopy are needed for insertion. It can be removed when the stenosing airway disease subsides completely. In many clinical studies, most patients $(85-90\%)$ improved immediately after stenting, and procedure-related mortality was low $(<3\%)$ in experienced centers. Stent displacement, mucus impaction, and granulation tissue formation are potential complications. Stenting is one of many effective therapeutic modalities for stenosing central airway disease. Careful patient selection, experiences, and continuous development of new technology will bring better results.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.50-55
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• 2009

Objectives: Endoscopic airway dilatation and stenting has been developed to treat the airway stenosis without potential morbidities of open surgery. We report the clinical results of endoscopic airway dilatation with silicone stenting in patients with posttuberculous bronchial stenosis(PTBS) and with severe main tracheal stenosis who have poor general conditions Methods : A prospective observation study of five patients, who have undergone endoscopic airway dilatation and silicone stenting between Feb 2007 and Feb 2009. A total of twelve patients were treated with endoscopic airway dilatation, among them 5 patients were included in this study. three patients were treated with newly designed silicone stent (Natural stent: TNO Co., Seoul, South Korea) because of poor surgical conditions and longer stenotic segment Results: 3 patients were grade III PTBS, and the other 2 patients were grade IV post tracheotomy main tracheal stenosis. One patient of PTBS were treated with silicone stent following endoscopic dilatation because of longer stenotic segment. Two patients of main tracheal stenosis patients were treated with silicone stent because of tracheal lumen collapse. There was no severe postoperative complications except mild granulation tissue formations Conclusions : Endoscopic dilatation including silicone stenting could be a useful method for treating patients with PTBS, and for main tracheal stenosis patients with poor general surgical conditions

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.19-23
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• 2009

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제59권1호
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• pp.62-68
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• 2005

연구배경 : 양성 기도협착질환 환자에서 새로 개발된 Natural 기도스텐트의 임상결과를 Dumon 스텐트와 비교하였다. 방 법 : 양성 기도협착으로 스텐트를 삽입한 94명의 환자 (39 Dumon, 55 Natural)를 대상으로 임상증상, 시술 전 검사결과, 시술방법, 그리고 추적관찰시의 임상경과를 후향적으로 조사하였다. 결 과: 원인질환으로 기관지결핵 후 기도협착 (74%)이 가장 많았고, 기관삽관 후 기관협착 (20명), 기관절개술 후 기관협착 (2명)등이 있었다. 스텐트를 삽입한 후, 전체 94명의 환자 중 82명 (87%)에서 주관적으로 호흡곤란이개선되었고, Dumon 스텐트군(35/39, 90%)과 Natural 스텐트군 (47/55, 86%) 사이의 차이는 없었다. 모두 48명 (51%)에서 중앙값 14개월(범위6-37개월)후에 스텐트를 성공적으로 제거할 수 있었고, Dumon 스텐트군 (54%, 16개월 후) 과 Natural 스텐트군 (49%, 12개월 후)간의 차이는 없었다. 스텐트 삽입 후 부작용은 스텐트의 위치 변동이 45명 (48%)에서, 육아종 과형성이 41명 (44%)에서, 점액저류에 의한 스텐트 내경 50% 이상의 감소가 17명 (18%)에서, 그리고 스텐트 삽입 전후부위의 협착이 40명 (43%)에서 발생하였다. Dumon 과 Natural 스텐트를 삽입한 환자들 사이에서 부작용의 분포의 차이는 없었다. 결 론 : 새로 개발한 Natural 기도스텐트는 양성기도협착 환자에서 기존의 Dumon 스텐트와 대등한 임상 결과를 보여주고 있어, 기도 협착이 있는 환자의 치료에 유용하게 사용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한기관식도과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기관식도과학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.13-16
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• 2004

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.10-16
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• 2008

Surgical resection and reanastomosis has been the treatment of choice in patients with tracheobronchial stenosis. Recent development of bronchoscopic intervention has been replacing the role of surgery in these patients. After summarizing the upto date data of bronchoscopic intervention, the proper management of tracheobronchial stenosis will be presented. Bronchoscopic intervention would be much effective when performed under rigid bron- choscopy, due to the stable patients' condition and endoscopic view. The usual method of intervention includes ballooning, Nd-YAG laser resection, bougienation, mechanical airway dilatation, stenting and photodynamic therapy. Silicone stents are very effective in patients with tracheobronchial stenosis to maintain airway patency. Bronchoscopic intervention provided immediate symptomatic relief and improved lung function in most of patients. After airway stabilization, stents were removed successfully in 2/3 of the patients at a 12-18 months post-insertion. Less than 5% of patients eventually needs surgical management. Acute complications, including excessive bleeding, pneumothorax, and pneumomediastinum develops in less than 5% of patients but managed without mortality. Stent-related late complications, such as, migration, granuloma formation, mucostasis, and restenosis are relatively high but usually controlled by follow-up bronchoscopy. In conclusion, bronchoscopic intervention, including silicone stenting could be a useful and safe method for treating tracheobronchial stenosis.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제62권2호
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• pp.95-97
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• 2007

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.439-442
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• 2015

Tracheal agenesis is an extremely rare and typically lethal congenital disorder. Approximately 150 cases have been described since 1900, and very few cases of survival have been reported. We describe tracheal reconstruction with external esophageal stenting in a patient with Floyd's type II tracheal agenesis. Neither long-term survival nor survival without mechanical ventilation for even a single day has previously been reported in patients with Floyd's type II tracheal agenesis. The infant in the present case survived for almost a year and breathed without a ventilator for approximately 50 days after airway reconstruction using external supportive stents.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.182-190
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• 1999

OBJECTIVES : To determine the results of posterior cricoid split with costal cartilage graft in the treatment of moderate and severe subglottic stenosis in adults, and to assess the effect of T-tube as a stent in this surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS : Four adults with moderate and severe subglottic stenosis who underwent posterior cricoid split with costal cartilage graft from 1994 to 1995. Three patients were male and one was female. All of the patients had acquired subglottic stenosis, 2 of whom had a bilateral vocal folds paralysis. The surgical procedure we used included a cricoid lamina split with costal cartilage grafting and T-tube stenting. Arytenoidectomy was a added in 2 patients with bilateral vocal folds paralysis. RESULTS : Three of the 4 patients underwent decannulation, and 1 is still undergoing treatment. 3 patients who underwent decannulation demonstrated marked improvement in their symptoms of airway obstruction and good postoperative voice quality. CONCLUSIONS : The posterior cricoidotomy lumen augmentation with costal cartilage grafting is a safe and effective technique for the treatment of moderate and severe subglottic stenosis in adults and T-tube is a good alternative stenting material for this procedure.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제86권4호
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• pp.245-250
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• 2023

The healing process of tracheobronchial tuberculosis (TB) results in tracheobronchial fibrosis causing airway stenosis in 11% to 42% of patients. In Korea, where pulmonary TB is still prevalent, post-TB tracheobronchial stenosis (PTTS) is one of the main causes of benign airway stenosis causing progressive dyspnea, hypoxemia, and often life-threatening respiratory insufficiency. The development of rigid bronchoscopy replaced surgical management 30 years ago, and nowadays PTTS is mainly managed by bronchoscopic intervention in Korea. Similar to pulmonary TB, tracheobronchial TB is treated with combination of anti-TB medications. The indication of rigid bronchoscopy is more than American Thoracic Society (ATS) grade 3 dyspnea in PTTS patients. First, the narrowed airway is dilated by multiple techniques including ballooning, laser resection, and bougienation under general anesthesia. Then, most of the patients need silicone stenting to maintain the patency of dilated airway; 1.5 to 2 years after indwelling, the stent could be removed, this has shown a 70% success rate. Acute complications without mortality develop in less than 10% of patients. Subgroup analysis showed successful removal of the stent was significantly associated with male sex, young age, good baseline lung function and absence of complete one lobe collapse. In conclusion, rigid bronchoscopy could be applied to PTTS patients with acceptable efficacy and tolerable safety.