Office‐based corticosteroid injections as adjuvant therapy for subglottic stenosis

Autor: Debbie R. Pan, David E. Rosow
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, Vol 4, Iss 4, Pp 414-419 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2378-8038
DOI: 10.1002/lio2.284
Popis: Objective Subglottic stenosis (SGS) is a serious, potentially life‐threatening disorder that is difficult to treat due to significant recurrence rates. While conventional treatment of SGS relies heavily on serial endoscopic dilation procedures, this study aims to characterize the efficacy of incorporating subglottic corticosteroid injections in increasing surgery‐free intervals (SFIs) for a cohort of patients at a university‐based medical system. Study Design Retrospective chart review. Methods All SGS patients who underwent endoscopic dilation and at least one adjuvant office‐based serial intralesional steroid injection (SILSI) were reviewed. Patients were excluded if they had synchronous airway lesions or stenosis outside of the subglottis. Charts were reviewed for demographic and treatment‐specific data. The SFI was calculated for patients both prior to the initiation of SILSI and after. Groups were compared via Mann–Whitney U test, with P
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