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Table 1 Underlining etiologies for benign tracheal stenosis among study subjects

From: Flexible bronchoscopic management of benign tracheal stenosis: long term follow-up of 115 patients

POST MECHANICAL VENTILATION (N = 106)

OTHER ETIOLOGIES (N = 9)

CHF (24)

Sarcoidosis (1)

COPD (22)

WG (2)

COPD & CHF (12)

Amyloidosis (1)

Multiple trauma (11)

Post laryngeal surgery (1)

Pneumonia (10)

Idiopathic (4)

Malignancy (9)

 

Other (18)

 
  1. Abbreviations: CHF: congestive heart failure; COPD:chronic obstructive lung disease; WG: Wegener's granulomatosis