Ankush P Ratwani, Robert J Lentz, Heidi Chen, Evan Schwartz, Lance Roller, Samira Shojaee, Wes Shepherd, Shaikh M Noor Ul Husnain, Michal Senitko, Yanglin Guo, Gustavo Cumbo-Nacheli, Fazal I Raziq, Ashutosh Sachdeva, Van Holden, Kamel Gharaibeh, Bryan S Benn, J Scott Ferguson, Otis B Rickman, Lonny Yarmus, Fabien Maldonado
BACKGROUND: Benign airway stenosis (BAS) represents a significant burden on patients, providers, and healthcare systems. Spray cryotherapy (SCT) has been proposed as an adjunctive treatment to reduce BAS recurrence. We sought to examine safety and practice variations of the latest SCT system when used for BAS. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective multicenter cohort study in seven academic institutions within the Interventional Pulmonary Outcomes Group. All patients who underwent at least one SCT session with a diagnosis of BAS at the time of procedure at these institutions were included...
May 29, 2023: Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology