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Med Princ Pract
; 25(1): 90-2, 2016.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26390388
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To report the first case of using the insulation-tipped diathermic knife 2 (IT knife-2) for the treatment of postintubation tracheal stenosis. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION: A 71-year-old female patient with a history of endotracheal intubation 3 years earlier presented with throat discomfort, gross wheezing and dyspnea. Chest imaging and bronchoscopy demonstrated a strand-like tracheal stenosis in the upper trachea. The IT knife-2 was used to treat the patient and the lesion was palliated without complication. CONCLUSION: This case was successfully treated with the IT knife-2 and thus implies a potential usefulness of the IT knife-2 as a new modality for bronchoscopic intervention.