Risk Factors for Intubation-Related Laryngeal Granulomas: A Prospective Study in Surgical Patients
Takashi Wada, Machiko Kimura, Yasuhiro Arai, Nobuhiko Oridate · 2026
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Takashi Wada and co-authors followed surgical patients to learn how often throat growths linked to breathing tubes appear after long operations. Their 2026 study enrolled forty adults at one hospital whose planned surgery was expected to last at least five hours. Most had heart surgery, and the group had a median age of 73 years.
Scope checks of the voice box were done the day after the tube came out, then again at one week, one month, and three months. Growths were found in ten of forty patients at one week, and most cleared on their own within a month. Two grew larger and needed two months of inhaled steroid treatment. Tubes left in for thirteen hours or more raised the risk, as did wider double-lumen tubes. The authors urge care with tube choice and early checks for high-risk patients, though the small single-center group limits firm claims.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Takashi Wada, Machiko Kimura, Yasuhiro Arai, Nobuhiko Oridate |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24255 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |