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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001;20:12-18
© 2001 Elsevier Science NL

Primary tracheal tumors: experience with 14 resected patients

^a Department of Surgery, Benjamin Franklin Medical Center, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
^b Clinic for Thoracic Surgery, Wiesbaden, Germany
^c Department of Thoracic Surgery, Clinic for Thoracic Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany

Received 6 September 2000; received in revised form 2 February 2001; accepted 3 April 2001.

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Objective: Primary tracheal tumors are rare. Management includes interventional endoscopy, surgery and radiotherapy. Methods: Between 1987 and 1996, 14 patients treated by resection and reconstruction of the trachea and bifurcation for primary tracheal tumors were retrospectively analyzed. Results: The most common histological finding was adenoid cystic carcinoma (n=7), followed by a squamous cell carcinoma (n=2), a mucoepidermoid carcinoma (n=2), a carcinoid tumor (n=1) and two benign tumors (xanthogranuloma, pleomorphic adenoma). Various reconstruction techniques were used and one prosthesis was implanted. Eight of the patients required preoperative Nd-YAG laser recanalisation. Six were treated by postoperative external beam radiotherapy, in three cases combined with endoluminal brachytherapy. Two major postoperative wound-healing impairment at the anastomosis occurred. Four minor wound-healing disorders were successfully treated by interventional endoscopy. Two patients died postoperatively with mediastinitis respectively with bilateral pneumonia. A local recurrence was observed in only two cases. At the last follow-up in January 1998, nine patients were still alive. We observed five long-term survivors (>6 years) with an adenoid cystic carcinoma or mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Conclusions: Extensive segmental resection of the trachea is the treatment of choice for primary malignant and occasionally for benign tracheal tumors. Interventional endoscopy is a part of modern tracheal surgery.

Key Words: Trachea • Tracheal resection • Tracheal tumors

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