Laryngotracheal stenosis
Mr Sandhu is a
pioneer and leading authority in the management of Adult
laryngotracheal stenosis, based at the Royal National Throat, Nose
and Ear Hospital and Charing Cross Hospitals. Working with a
dedicated team of surgeons, anaesthetists, voice and swallowing
therapists and researchers, he has developed new surgical
techniques and therapies for dealing with this rare condition.
Having undertaken more of these procedures than any other team in
the United Kingdom, he is now offering this service at the London
Clinic.
Laryngotracheal stenosis is a rare disorder
where damage to the airway at the level of the larynx (‘voice box’)
or trachea (‘wind pipe’) leads to noisy breathing with increased
shortness of breath and is sometimes associated with voice
problems. Some patients have a tracheostomy tube fitted into
the neck to bypass this damaged airway.
Research and surgical techniques for the
management of this disorder in children are well established.
Unfortunately the same surgical techniques do not always
successfully apply to the adult population. It is estimated that in
the United Kingdom there are almost 300 new cases of adult
laryngotracheal stenosis per year. Most of these are as a result of
periods of ventilation on Intensive Care Units and are often
misdiagnosed as asthma. Other cases may be as a result of surgery
to the neck or due to conditions such as Wegener’s Granulomatosis,
papillomatosis, sarcoid or amyloidosis.
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