Secondary Reverse Slide Tracheoplasty for Airway Rescue

Cervical slide tracheoplasty.

OBJECTIVE To describe our experience with cervical slide tracheoplasty (CST) in managing complex laryngotracheal disorders. DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SETTING Quaternary care pediatric institution. PATIENTS The study included 29 patients who underwent CST without cardiopulmonary bypass at our institution from January 2003 to January 2011. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Surgery-specific and ov...

Clinical outcomes of slide tracheoplasty in congenital tracheal stenosis.

OBJECTIVES Treatment of long-segment congenital tracheal stenosis (CTS) remains challenging. Recently, slide tracheoplasty has become the standard approach in many centres. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of slide tracheoplasty. METHODS Between 2004 and 2011, 18 patients underwent slide tracheoplasty in our centre. The median patient age was 2.5 months (range, 18 d...

Slide tracheoplasty outcomes in children with congenital pulmonary malformations.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Evaluate and compare surgical outcomes of slide tracheoplasty for the treatment of congenital tracheal stenosis in children with and without pulmonary malformations. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective chart review at a tertiary care pediatric medical center. METHODS We identified patients with tracheal stenosis who underwent slide tracheoplasty from 2001 to 2014, and a subset ...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, extubation, and lung-recruitment maneuvers as rescue therapy in a patient with tracheal dehiscence following slide tracheoplasty.

Long-segment congenital tracheal stenosis is characterized by complete tracheal rings. Surgery is required during infancy to optimize outcomes, and the post-surgery complications include mucus plugging, airway trauma, dehiscence at the surgery site, and death. We report a 5-week-old patient who developed a tracheal-wall dehiscence after a slide tracheoplasty. To safeguard against further dehisc...

Tracheal resection associated with slide tracheoplasty for long-segment congenital tracheal stenosis involving the carina.