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S. Norwood, V. L. Vallina, K. Short, M. Saigusa, L. G. Fernandez and J. W. McLarty, “Incidence of Tracheal Stenosis and Other Late Complications after Percutaneous Tracheostomy,” Annals of Surgery, Vol. 232, No. 2, 2000, pp. 233-241. doi:10.1097/00000658-200008000-00014

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• TITLE: Late Complication of Tracheostomy: Larynx-Shaped Reorganization of the Tracheal Rings or the True Larynx?

  AUTHORS: Jacopo Galli, Sara Giannantonio, Gaetano Paludetti

  KEYWORDS: Tracheostomy; Post-Tracheostomy Complications; Tracheal Stenosis; Optic Fiber Laryngoscopy; Double Larynx

  JOURNAL NAME: Surgical Science, Vol.3 No.1, January 13, 2012

  ABSTRACT: Tracheostomy is a well-established, commonly used surgical procedure, whose early and late complications are widely described in literature. Some of them remain still poorly known, though. One of these rare complications is a peculiar larynx-shaped reorganization of the tracheal rings and cricoid cartilage. This tracheal narrowing seems to be non- symptomatic and not life-threatening, at least as long as the reduction of the lumen is