Bronchoscopic interventional therapy in airway stenosis

Because bronchoscopy and CT technology development,the number of confirmed cases of children with airway stenosis have increased every year,but clinical management of pediatric airway constriction is a very thorny issue.This article described the application principles,indications and methods of thermal cauterization,cryotherapy,balloon dilatation airway-plasty and airway stent in airway stenosis. Key words: Bronchoscopy;  Interventional therapy;  Airway stenosis;  Children