Tracheobronchoplasty for severe tracheobronchomalacia: a case-series of patients with acute and chronic critical comorbidities

The repair of tracheobronchomalacia in patients with multiple comorbidities and with severe life-threatening problems in or outside the intensive care unit may have improvement due to the ability to wean from positive pressure ventilation. Surgical technique and the utilization of mesh support in tracheobronchoplasty operations may need to be debated due to duration of the surgery in patients with severe comorbidities.