Treatment of subglottic stenosis, due to Wegener's granulomatosis, with intralesional corticosteroids and dilation

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1017-1021

  Hoffman, Gary S ^a   Thomas Golbanov, Colleen K ^a   Chan, James ^a   Akst, Lee M ^a   Eliachar, Isaac ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Subglottic stenosis; Treatment; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPULMONARY FISTULA; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SCAR FORMATION; SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LARYNGOSTENOSIS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0038752776     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Othersen HB Jr. Subglottic tracheal stenosis. Semin Thoracic Cardiovasc Surg 1994;6:200-5.
2. Pearson FG. Technique of management of subglottic stenosis. Chest Surg Clin N Am 1996;6:683-92.
3. Langford CA, Sneller MC, Hallahan CW, et al. Clinical features and therapeutic management of subglottic stenosis in patients with Wegener's granulomatosis. Arthritis Rheum 1996;39:1754-60.
4. Daum TE, Specks U. Colby TV, et al. Tracheobronchial involvement in Wegener's granulomatosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995;151:522-6.
5. Langford CA, Hoffman GS. Wegener's granulomatosis. Thorax 1999;54:629-37.
6. Montgomery WW. Subglottic stenosis. Int Surg 1982;67:199-207.
7. Braidy J, Brenton G, Clement L. Efficacy of corticosteroids in postintubation tracheal stenosis. Thorax 1989;44:753-5.
8. Gnanapragasam A. Intralesional steroids in conservative management of subglottic stenosis of the larynx. Int Surg 1979;64:63-7.
9. Cobb WB, Sudderth JF. Intralesional steroids in laryngeal stenosis. Arch Otolaryngol 1972;96:52-6.
10. Rosen G, Vered IY. Triamcinolone acetonide injection for laryngeal stenosis. J Laryngol Otolaryngol 1975;89:1043-6.
11. Anand VK, Alemar G, Warren T. Surgical considerations in tracheal stenosis. Laryngoscope 1992;102:237-43.
12. Lebovics RS, Hoffman GS, Leavitt RY, Kerr GS, Travis WD, Fauci AS. The management of subglottic stenosis in patients with Wegener's granulomatosis. Laryngoscope 1992;102:1341-5.
13. Arauz JC, Fonseca R. Wegener's granulomatosis appearing initially in the trachea. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1982;91:593-6.
14. McCaffey TV. Management of subglottic stenosis in the adult. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1991;100:90-4.
15. McDonald TJ, Neel HB, DeRemee RA. Wegener's granulomatosis of the subglottis and the upper portion of the trachea. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1982;91:588-92.
16. Lee DA. Antifibrosis agent in glaucoma surgery. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1994;35:3789-91.
17. Rahbar R, Shapshay SM, Healy GB. Mitomycin: Effects on laryngeal and tracheal stenosis, benefits and complications. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2001;110:1-6.
18. Eliashar R, Eliachar I, Esclamado R, Gramlich T, Strome M. Can topical mitomycin prevent laryngotracheal stenosis? Laryngoscope 1999;109:1594-600.
19. Rahbar R, Valdez TA, Shapshay SM. Preliminary results of intraoperative mitomycin-C in the treatment and prevention of glottic and subglottic stenosis. J Voice 2000;14:282-6.
20. Ward RF, April MA. Mitomycin-C in the treatment of tracheal cicatrix after tracheal reconstruction. Int J Ped Otorhinolaryngol 1998;44:221-6.
21. Shapshay SM, Beamis JF Jr, Hybels RL, Bohigian RK. Endoscopic treatment of subglottic and tracheal stenosis by radial laser incision and dilation. Ann Otol Laryngol 1987;96:661-4.
22. Eliachar I. Unaided speech in long-term tube-free tracheostomy. Laryngoscope 2000;110(5 pt1):749-60.
23. Simpson GT, Strong MS, Healy GB, Shapshay SM, Vaughan WC. Predictive factors for success or failure in the endoscopic management of laryngeal and tracheal stenosis. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1982;91:384-8.