Chest
Volume 128, Issue 4, Supplement, October 2005, Page 325S
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AWAKE TRACHEOBRONCHIAL DILATATION WITHOUT THE USE OF RIGID BRONCHOSCOPY

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Abstract

PURPOSE: Benign tracheal strictures have historically been treated by repeated dilatations using rigid bronchoscopy and general anesthesia. An alternative approach utilizing conscious sedation, fluoroscopy, flexible bronchoscopy and Savary-Gilliard esophageal dilators is reported.

METHODS: A retrospective review of our patients undergoing awake tracheobronchial dilatation was performed, after approval for IRB exemption was obtained. The procedure, performed with the patient receiving intravenous

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