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- Title
Update of the cincinnati experience in pediatric laryngotracheal reconstruction.
- Authors
Cotton, Robin T.; Gray, Steven D.; Miller, Robert P.
- Abstract
Surgical endeavors in the field of laryngotracheal reconstruction in children have received much interest in the past 15 years. A unique experience with laryngotracheal reconstruction in 203 children is reviewed. The majority (194) of the cases were classified as acquired; only nine were classified as congenital. Excluded from the study were those cases of stenoses managed en-doscopically, all resections and end-to-end anastomoses, all anterior cricoid split procedures, and all cases of anterior glottic stenosis repaired by a laryngeal keel. The degree of stenosis was graded into four categories. Five different methods of laryngotracheal reconstruction were used depending on the pathologic lesion in the larynx and trachea. Of the 203 children, 186 (92%) were decannulated. The results support the use of laryngotracheal reconstruction in children with grades 2, 3, and 4 laryngeal stenosis.
- Publication
Laryngoscope, 1989, Vol 99, Issue 11, p1111
- ISSN
0023-852X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1288/00005537-198911000-00002