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Topical mitomycin as an adjunct to choanal atresia repair.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of topical mitomycin in choanal atresia repair to reduce the development of granulation tissue and cicatrix. DESIGN AND SETTING Retrospective case series in 2 tertiary care centers. PATIENTS Twenty patients with either unilateral or bilateral congenital choanal atresia underwent repair using the transnasal endoscopic approach, the transpalatal approach, or both...
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the intraoperative use of mitomycin to improve the surgical outcome and reduce the rate of soft tissue restenosis in children undergoing choanal atresia repair. DESIGN Retrospective chart review of all patients surgically treated for congenital choanal atresia by the senior author (W.F.M). SETTING Tertiary children's hospital. PATIENTS Eight consecutive patients with...
متن کاملChoanal atresia.
Choanal atresia is caused by failure of resorption of the bucco-pharyngeal membrane during embryonic development. The atresia can be membranous or bony in nature, but is usually mixed in most cases. When the atresia is bilateral, newborns can have severe airway distress and cyanosis is alleviated by crying. Bilateral choanal atresia is managed with an oropharyngeal airway. Flexible nasal endosc...
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Bilateral choanal atresia is a congenital anomaly which occurs immediately after birth and requires immediate intervention. Therefore, it is very rare to see a patient who has reached an advanced age. In this article, we report two cases (sisters) who were able to reach advanced ages with bilateral choanal atresia. In the light of these two adult cases, we aimed to review the diagnostic and the...
متن کاملCongenital 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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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2090-7125
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.28868