TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Techniques of Tracheal Resection and Reconstruction for Benign and Malignant Disease A1 - Waddell, Thomas K. A1 - Uy, Karl Fabian L. A1 - Berry, Mark F. A1 - Friedberg, Joseph S. A2 - Sugarbaker, David J. A2 - Bueno, Raphael A2 - Burt, Bryan M. A2 - Groth, Shawn S. A2 - Loor, Gabriel A2 - Wolf, Andrea S. A2 - Williams, Marcia A2 - Adams, Ann PY - 2020 T2 - Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e AB - The need for tracheal resection and reconstruction arises with airway obstructions (<5 mm luminal diameter) secondary to postintubation stenosis, with trauma, occasionally with short segment tracheomalacia, as well as with primary or secondary benign or malignant tumors. Most commonly, however, the pathology is of a benign nature. Lack of a suitable prosthetic or biologic replacement for the trachea limits the length that can be resected while avoiding undue tension on the anastomosis (maximum resection length 5 cm or 50% of the length in younger flexible patients without calcification). For this reason, the initial operation must be well planned and executed. Anastomotic dehiscence and other late complications of an unsuccessful first operation are difficult to fix in light of the limited material the surgeon has to effect a repair. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170409181 ER -