How we did it: neopharyngeal stricture management with the nitinol stent in the laryngectomized patient: our disappointing results

Keypoints • Serial dilatation, the mainstay of benign ‘neopharyngeal’ stricture management, can have inconsistent results. • Nitinol stents, as a metallic self‐expanding coil, may have a role in such patients. • Such stents were inserted in four patients but two had to be removed because of intracta...

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Published in:Clinical otolaryngology 2005-08, Vol.30 (4), p.369-371
Main Authors: Thornton, M.A., Conlon, B.J., Timon, C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Alloys
Constriction, Pathologic - etiology
Constriction, Pathologic - therapy
Device Removal
Dilatation - adverse effects
Female
Humans
Laryngeal Neoplasms - surgery
Laryngectomy - adverse effects
Male
Middle Aged
Pain - etiology
Pharyngeal Diseases - etiology
Pharyngeal Diseases - therapy
Postoperative Care
Quality of Life
Radiotherapy, Adjuvant - adverse effects
Recurrence
Reoperation
Stents - adverse effects
Treatment Failure
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Summary:Keypoints • Serial dilatation, the mainstay of benign ‘neopharyngeal’ stricture management, can have inconsistent results. • Nitinol stents, as a metallic self‐expanding coil, may have a role in such patients. • Such stents were inserted in four patients but two had to be removed because of intractable pain. • It is concluded that nitinol stents are unlikely to have a significant role in the management of neopharyngeal stricture management.
ISSN:1749-4478
1749-4486
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.2005.00971.x