The incidence of severe tracheal stenosis (TS) with symptoms is seen in 1–2% of patients (1–3). The causes of adult tracheal stenosis include trauma, chronic inflammatory diseases, benign neoplasm, malignant neoplasm and collagen vascular diseases. The most common cause of tracheal stenosis continues to be trauma, which can be due to prolonged endotracheal intubation, tracheostomy blunt or penetrating neck trauma.1–4