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Table 4 Internal diameter of tracheal stenosis before and after treatment

From: Comprehensive use of a high-frequency electric knife, balloon dilatation, and cryotherapy for tuberculous central tracheobronchial cicatricial constriction

Group

n

Internal diameter of tracheal stenosis before the first interventional therapy (mm, mean ± standard deviation)

Internal diameter of tracheal stenosis Mid-term (3 months after the operation) (mm, mean ± standard deviation)

Internal diameter of tracheal stenosis Long-term (12 months and above after the operation) (mm, mean ± standard deviation)

Scar hyperplasia

32

3.6 ± 0.6

6.6 ± 0.3

6.5 ± 0.4

Repair under scar formation

32

3.7 ± 0.5

6.8 ± 0.9

6.7 ± 0.7

Mature scars

32

3.6 ± 0.9

6.9 ± 0.7

6.7 ± 0.8