• State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P.R.China;
LI Shiyue, Email: lishiyue@188.com
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Objective  To investigate the efficacy and influential factors of interventional therapy for post-intubation tracheal stenosis. Methods  The clinical data of 69 patients with tracheal stenosis after tracheal intubation in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University from February 2010 to March 2015 were retrospectively analyzed. The effects of interventional treatment for tracheal stenosis after intubation were evaluated by reviewing the medical records and telephone follow-up for more than 1 year. Multivariate logistic regression model was used to analyze the influential factors. Results  The study recruited 69 patients with the median age of 44 years. After the interventional treatment, ATS dyspnea score decreased from (2.41±0.76) points to (0.65±0.62) points ( P<0.01), the diameter of airway lumen increased from (4.24±2.05)mm to (10.57±3.14)mm ( P<0.01). The short-term effective rate of interventional therapy was 92.8% (64/69) but the restenosis rate in 1 month, 3 months and 1 year after interventional treatment were 56.5%, 26.1% and 36.2%, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that diabetes (OR=2.819, 95%CI 1.973-4.062), shortness of breath score >3 points (OR=13.816, 95%CI 5.848-32.641), trachea stenosis diameter <4.5 mm (OR=7.482, 95%CI 4.015-13.943), tracheal stenosis grade ≥4 (OR=3.815, 95%CI 2.258-6.447), stenosis in the upper trachea (OR=5.173, 95%CI 3.218-8.316) were risk factors of interventional therapy for post-intubation tracheal stenosis. Conclusions  The general efficacy of interventional treatment for tracheal stenosis after tracheal intubation is poor, and the recurrence rate is still high. The high degree of tracheal stenosis, diabetes mellitus and upper tracheal stenosis are important factors that affect the efficacy of respiratory interventional therapy.

Citation: ZENG Zongding, SU Zhuquan, SUN Wan, LI Shiyue. The efficacy of interventional therapy for post-intubation tracheal stenosis. Chinese Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2017, 16(4): 367-370. doi: 10.7507/1671-6205.201703034 Copy

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