Katherine Z Xie, Andrew Jay Bowen, Bradley A Richards, Aisha Aden, Joshua Wiedermann, Amy L Rutt, Robert Vassallo, Eric S Edell, Semirra L Bayan, Jan L Kasperbauer, Dale C Ekbom
OBJECTIVE: To compare the incidence of glottic stenosis in idiopathic subglottic stenosis (iSGS) patients with no prior surgical intervention to those with a history of endoscopic dilation and characterize the incidence of glottic involvement, changes in scar length, and progression of scar toward glottis following laser wedge excision (LWE). METHODS: A retrospective review of iSGS patients who underwent LWE between 2002 and 2021 was performed. Patients without prior airway surgery were labeled LWE primary (LWEP) and operative findings for LWEP patients were reviewed for glottic involvement, scar length (DL ), and distance from the glottis to superior-most aspect of scar (DGS )...
July 18, 2022: Laryngoscope