ArticleSurgical case reports2026
Cricotracheal Resection for Subglottic Stenosis following Prior Dissection and Tracheostomy.
Article in Surgical case reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionCricotracheal resection is a definitive treatment for subglottic tracheal stenosis. This procedure can be challenging in the redo setting. CASE PRESENTATION: A 32-year-old man was referred to our department with post-intubation subglottic tracheal stenosis related to diabetic ketoacidosis 5 years ago. The stenosis was approximately 80% starting 2 cm below the glottis. A tracheal resection was attempted in the same year, but resulted in a tracheostomy due to strong adhesions around the trachea. The patient was followed up while maintaining spontaneous breathing and phonation. However, he desired stoma closure and was scheduled for reoperation. The patient was intubated in the supine position through the existing tracheostomy, and an incision was made along the previous incision. The adhesions around the trachea were meticulously dissected. On the cephalic side, a longitudinal incision was made through the anterior wall of the scarred trachea while preserving the subglottic mucosa. The trachea was transected at the level of the existing tracheostomy, and the caudal end of the trachea was dissected and resected just below the tracheostomy. The mucosa was further dissected from the cricoid cartilage, and the anterior cricoid arch was resected. The stenosed mucosa was then resected. The posterior wall of the mucosa was sutured continuously with 4-0 polydioxanone, and the anterior wall was anastomosed with interrupted 3-0 polydioxanone under intermittent apnea. Ventilation was resumed with a laryngeal mask. A tracheostomy was placed 1.5 cm below the anastomosis. The patient was discharged on POD 19 without complications. The tracheostomy tube was removed 2 months after surgery, and bronchoscopy 3 months after surgery confirmed a wide patent anastomosis. At 8 months, he has normal phonation and swallowing.
conclusionsThis redo cricotracheal resection required meticulous dissection and a carefully planned ventilation strategy.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.