Ducic Y., Khalafi R. S. Use of endoscopicalli placed expandable nitinol stents in the treatment of tacheal stenosis // Laryngoscope. 1999. <...> Grillo H. C. Reconstructive techniques for extensive post-intubation tracheal stenosis // Int. <...> B. N. Kotiv1, I. B. Popov2 POSSIBILITIES OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CICATRICAL STENOSIS OF THE TRACHEA 1 Medical department «Neftyanik», Tyumen;2 Kirov Military Medical Academy, Saint-Petersburg The treatment of cicatrical stenosis of the trachea was performed in 193 patients at the age 8–65 years (132 of men and 61 women). <...> The length of cicatrical stenosis shaped mainly by growth of granulation tissue and its different combinations consisted of 0,5 to 2,5 cm, getting 3,0 cm and more in 74 cases. <...> The peculiar features of such cicatrical changes were characterized differently depending on its dominating localization on the length of the trachea — in the area of the neck or in the range of the mediastinum. <...> Respiratory distresses, which were the main clinical manifestation of the disease, depended on the degree of stenisis of the trachea opening with the cicatrical process in each case. <...> The decrease of size of the trachea opening with respect to natural size on 1/3 was considered as the first degree of stenosis, on 2/3 — II degree, more than on 2/3 — III degree. <...> The efficiency of endoscopic methods of treatment was the most significant in cicatrical stenosis of trachea with the length not more than 0,5–1,5 m and dramatically decreased with the increase of length. <...> The cicatrical stenosis of trachea with the length more than 3,5–3,0 m should be considered as the indication for radical surgical intervention such as resection and plasty of trachea with forming of intertracheal or laryngotracheal anastomosis. <...>