Early Endoscopic Treatment of Acute Inflammatory Airway Lesions Improves the Outcome of Postintubation Airway Stenosis

Abstract

Early treatment of acute fibroinflammatory airway lesions has the potential to favorably modify the natural history of postintubation tracheal injury, raising the tantalizing possibility of an early cure. These findings have significant implications for early identification, referral, and treatment of postintubation tracheal stenosis and need to be confirmed with further studies.