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Alan B. Gazzaniga, MD; Irving Rappaport, MD, DMD; Edward A. Stemmer, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1971;102(6):589-591.

Abstract
Two patients underwent tracheal resections measuring 5.5 and 4.5 cm. In each case, the trachea was anastomosed end to end after mobilization. In the first patient, resection was for primary tracheal carcinoma, and despite local recurrence he is alive five years after surgery. The second patient had resection of a benign stricture. Postoperatively, she developed narrowing at the suture line. A local injection of triamcinolone acetonide at the stricture site has eliminated the need for repeated dilatations and the patient is asymptomatic.

Author Affiliations
Irvine, Calif

From the surgical services of the University of California, Irvine; at the Orange County Medical Center, Orange; and the Veterans Administration Hospital, Long Beach, Calif.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 10, 1971.

Read before the annual meeting of the Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Palm Springs, Calif, Jan 16, 1971.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Calif 92664 (Dr. Gazzaniga).

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