Laryngotracheal reconstruction in total laryngotracheal transection.

Single-stage laryngotracheal reconstruction: the Great Ormond Street experience and guidelines for patient selection.

OBJECTIVES To review all patients undergoing single-stage laryngotracheal reconstruction and to determine guidelines to predict successful outcomes and prevent the necessity of tracheotomy following laryngotracheal reconstruction. DESIGN Chart review. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS A retrospective chart review was performed at our institution involving all patients wh...

OTOLARYNGOLOGIC CLINICS ISSUE: PAEDIATRIC LARYNGOTRACHEAL RECONSTRUCTION Edited by Dr Peter Koltai Single and Multi Stage Pediatric Laryngotracheal Reconstruction

Montgomery T-tube for the Management of Postintubation Tracheoesophageal Fistula with Synchronic Subglottic Laryngotracheal Stenosis

A postintubation tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) complicated with subglottic laryngotracheal stenosis (SLTS) is a challenge to surgical repair. Laryngotracheal resection and primary reconstruction could result in treatment failure. In this report, we describe the successful management of two cases of postintubation TEF complicated with SLTS using a Montgomery T-tube because of the patients' con...

Tracheal T-Tube Stent for Laryngotracheal Stenosis: Ten Year Experience

Introduction: The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the outcome following stenting over a period of 10 years in patients with chronic laryngotracheal stenosis.   Materials and Methods: Between 2000–2010, out of 111 patients with laryngotracheal trauma, 71 underwent tracheal        T-stenting for laryngotracheal stenosis in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the Governmen...

Systematic review for surgical treatment of adult and adolescent laryngotracheal stenosis.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine if open surgical treatment options for adult and adolescent laryngotracheal stenosis are more successful than endoscopic procedures. STUDY DESIGN Systematic review. METHODS Embase and MEDLINE were searched for publications on adult and adolescent patients (>13 years old) with laryngotracheal stenosis. Cause of stenosis (intubation, idiopathic, or trauma) a...