TITLE:
Laryngotracheal Stenosis Following Intubation for COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Report of Two Cases
AUTHORS:
Derar Al-Domaidat, Mohammed Algarni, Ro’a Alshaikh Hasan, Hosam Amoodi
KEYWORDS:
Subglottic Stenosis, Tracheal Stenosis, Laryngotracheal Stenosis, Prolonged Intubation, COVID-19
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery,
Vol.11 No.5,
August
29,
2022
ABSTRACT: Benign laryngotracheal stenosis (LTS) is a
debilitating and potentially life-threatening condition that is commonly caused by iatrogenic events as a
result of endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy. Numerous cases are being
published for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who end up with
severe LTS after prolonged intubation or tracheostomy. Here, we presented two
cases of LTS due to prolonged intubation after severe COVID-19 pneumonia. The
characteristic of these two cases is that both of them needed second
time intubation and were readmitted because of severe dyspnoea and all the
workup for post-COVID-19 complications were investigated except the LTS which was later
diagnosed after one month of suffering of these patients.