Endoscopic management of congenital choanal atresia: Second look is mandatory
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Congenital choanal atresia.
Congenital choanal atresia (CCA) is the developmental failure of the nasal cavity to communicate with the nasopharynx. Bilateral choanal atresia is potentially life threatening in newborns. Most of these cases present early in life with cyclical phases of respiratory distress and apnoea, which gets relieved by crying. In fewer cases it goes undiagnosed to present in adult life with rhinorrhoea ...
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We have treated a total of 15 patients (11 girls, 4 boys) for choanal atresia in the University Department of Otorhinolaryngology during a period of 15 years from 1963-1976. No other cases occurred in their families. One patients is mentally retarded, whereas none of the others have had other congenital defects. Five patients (4 girls, 1 boy) had bilateral choanal atresia. In all 5 cases, the b...
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INTRODUCTION Choanal atresia (CA) is an infrequent congenital obliteration of the airway at the level of the posterior nasal aperture resulting in the absence of connection between the nasal cavity and the aerodigestive tract. We present our experience with an endoscopic technique for congenital CA without the use of intranasal stents. MATERIAL AND METHOD We analysed a series of 10 patients w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bangladesh Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2304-6244,1728-8835
DOI: 10.3329/bjo.v21i2.27643