I-tracheal stenosis yisimo lapho i-trachea (umphimbo womoya) incipha khona. Lokhu kungenza kube nzima ukuphefumula futhi kungabangela izimpawu ezahlukahlukene, njengokuphefumula kanzima, ukuphelelwa umoya, kanye nomsindo wokukhala okukhulu lapho uphefumula.
I-tracheal stenting iyindlela yokwelapha i-tracheal stenosis ephelele. I-tracheal stent iyishubhu elincane, lensimbi noma lepulasitiki elifakwa ngaphakathi kwe-trachea ukuze lihlale livulekile. I-stent ifakwa ngomlomo noma ekhaleni bese ibekwa engxenyeni encane ye-trachea. Bese iyanwetshwa kusetshenziswa ibhaluni elincane ukuze kubanjwe indlela yokuphefumula ivuleke futhi kuvunyelwe ukuphefumula okuvamile.
Ukululama ngemva kokwelashwa kwe-tracheal stenosis kungathatha isikhathi eside, kudinga ukuhlala esibhedlela kanye nokuvuselelwa ukuze kutholakale amandla nokuhamba. Kubalulekile ukuthi iziguli zilandele imiyalelo yezokwelapha ukuze zilulame kahle futhi zihambe kahle futhi zibe khona emihlanganweni yokulandelela ukuze kuqashwe inqubekela phambili.
UMnu. Jaganath Taga waseKarnataka, wenziwa i-Tracheal Stenting ngenxa ye-Complete Tracheal Stenosis, ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaDkt. V Nagarjuna Maturu, uMxhumanisi Omkhulu, i-Clinical and Interventional Pulmonology, Izibhedlela zaseYashoda, eHyderabad.