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Patients without COVID\u201019 matched for age, sex, and BMI who were intubated within one year served as a control group. Outcome variables included endoscopic and radiographic evidence of airway stenosis. Descriptive statistics were analyzed using Chi\u2010squared and unpaired two\u2010tailed\n T<\/jats:italic>\n \u2010test analyses for cohort comparison.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n One hundred five COVID\u2010positive and 101 COVID\u2010negative met inclusion criteria. The mean age was 58.6 years. Mean endotracheal tube size was 8.05 for COVID\u2010positive and 7.72 for COVID\u2010negative patients (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.0075). Twenty\u2010six (24.76%) COVID\u2010positive and 45 (44.55%) COVID\u2010negative patients had COPD (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.0016). Length of intubation was 8.8 days in COVID\u2010positive patients and 3.5 days for COVID\u2010negative patients (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009<\u2009.0001). Thirty\u2010five (33.98%) COVID\u2010positive and 1 (0.99%) COVID\u2010negative patient were ventilated while prone (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.0002). Seventy\u2010eight (75%) COVID\u2010positive and 38 (41.76%) COVID\u2010negative patients received intravenous steroids (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.0001). Mean length of stay was 38.81 days for COVID\u2010positive and 17.16 days for COVID\u2010negative patients (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009<\u2009.0004). Six (5.77%) COVID\u2010positive and 2 (1.3%) COVID\u2010negative patients developed airway stenosis (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.202).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n Patients with COVID\u201019 infection were not at an increased risk for intubation\u2010related airway stenosis.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Level of Evidence<\/jats:title>\n IV.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/ohn.70304","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,17]],"date-time":"2026-06-17T15:21:04Z","timestamp":1781709664000},"page":"657-663","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Is COVID\u201019 Infection A Risk Factor for Intubation\u2010Related Acquired Airway Stenosis?"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"175","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6415-4418","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kristell M.","family":"Taylor","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology\u2013Head and Neck Surgery Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jessica A.","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology\u2013Head and Neck Surgery Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Grace","family":"Amadio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology\u2013Head and Neck Surgery Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Garrett","family":"Ni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology\u2013Head and Neck Surgery Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chandra","family":"Dass","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ahmed M. 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