The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 2 Distribution of findings according to treatment groups

From: Age-related difficulty in post-intubation tracheal stenosis reconstruction: a comparative analysis of CO2-laser, resection and anastomosis, and costal cartilage grafting techniques

	Treatment						p
	CO₂ laser (n = 21)		TRPA (n = 54)		CCG (n = 10)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Female	9	42.9	26	48.1	5	50.0	0.901
Male	12	57.1	28	51.9	5	50.0	0.901
Revision
Primary	15.0	71.4	50.0	92.6	1.0	10.0	0.017
Revision	6.0	28.6	4.0	7.4	9.0	90.0	0.017
Result
Success	14	66.7	46	85.2	6	60.0	0.081
Failure	7	33.3	8	14.8	4	40.0	0.081
Cotton-Myer grade
G1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	-
G2	6	28.6	2	3.7	0	0
G3	15	71.4	37	68.5	6	60.0
G4	0	0	15	27.8	4	40.0
McCaffrey grade
G1	4	19.0	0	0	0	0.0	-
G2	14	66.7	13	24.1	1	10.0
G3	3	14.3	32	59.3	6	60.0
G4	0	0	9	16.7	3	30.0
	m	SD	m	SD	m	SD
Age	41.5	9.7	41.0	9.6	41.9	10.4	0.955
Duration to restenosis	1.43	0.53	3.25	1.91	5.75	4.11	0.022
Follow-up (day)	63.14	38.79	68.15	39.29	62.90	28.07	0.839

TRPA tracheal resection with primary anastomosis, CCG costal cartilage graft

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