PMID- 35488503 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220707 LR - 20221015 IS - 1097-0347 (Electronic) IS - 1043-3074 (Print) IS - 1043-3074 (Linking) VI - 44 IP - 8 DP - 2022 Aug TI - Laryngotracheal stenosis: Mechanistic review. PG - 1948-1960 LID - 10.1002/hed.27079 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The purpose of this review article is to summarize the existing literature surrounding wound healing mechanisms in laryngotracheal stenosis. METHODS: A review of general wound healing pathophysiology, followed by a focused review of iatrogenic laryngotracheal stenosis (iLTS) and idiopathic subglottic stenosis (iSGS) as conditions of aberrant wound healing. RESULTS: iLTS is the scarring of the laryngotracheal complex, coming secondary to injury from prolonged intubation. iSGS is a chronic fibroinflammatory scarring and narrowing of the subglottic airway in the absence of any obvious preceding injury or trauma. They are both thought to result from a prolonged and dysregulated wound healing response that promotes the deposition of pathologic scar in the airway. CONCLUSIONS: Understanding the mechanisms that underlie wound healing will help identify and intervene on the process early in its development and discover future therapies that target individual wound healing mechanisms limiting the incidence of this recalcitrant disease process. CI - (c) 2022 The Authors. Head & Neck published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. FAU - Carpenter, Delaney J AU - Carpenter DJ AD - Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. FAU - Hamdi, Osama A AU - Hamdi OA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3495-9231 AD - Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. FAU - Finberg, Ariel M AU - Finberg AM AD - Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. FAU - Daniero, James J AU - Daniero JJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3693-4617 AD - Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20220430 PL - United States TA - Head Neck JT - Head & neck JID - 8902541 SB - IM MH - Cicatrix MH - Constriction, Pathologic/complications MH - Humans MH - *Laryngostenosis/etiology/pathology MH - *Tracheal Stenosis/etiology/therapy PMC - PMC9543412 OTO - NOTNLM OT - LTS OT - airway OT - laryngotracheal stenosis OT - subglottic stenosis OT - wound healing COIS- The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest that could be perceived as prejudicing the impartiality of the research reported. EDAT- 2022/05/01 06:00 MHDA- 2022/07/08 06:00 PMCR- 2022/10/07 CRDT- 2022/04/30 03:32 PHST- 2022/04/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/09/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/04/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/05/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/07/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/04/30 03:32 [entrez] PHST- 2022/10/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - HED27079 [pii] AID - 10.1002/hed.27079 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Head Neck. 2022 Aug;44(8):1948-1960. doi: 10.1002/hed.27079. Epub 2022 Apr 30.