We read with great interest the article of Anton-Pacheco et al. [1] in which they analyzed 19 cases with congenital tracheal stenosis. This single center study consisted of different groups of patients, classified to the severity and length of the tracheal stenosis. The authors described three different surgical techniques with an overall mortality rate of 21%. The rate of mortality in Anton-Pa...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study is to assess the surgical outcome of slide tracheoplasty in patients with congenital tracheal stenosis and single lung. METHODS Pre, intra- and postoperative data were collected. Anatomy and associated anomalies were described. RESULTS Seven patients (median age 5 months; range 39 days-1 year) with single lung underwent slide tracheoplasty. Single right lung w...

Pediatric tracheal stenosis includes a variety of entities characterized by a diminished airway lumen. Congenital entities can be classified into (i) intrinsic disease caused by short(e.g. tracheal webs) or long-segment forms of tracheal stenosis (e.g. tracheal atresia/agenesis and primary tracheomalacia) and (ii) extrinsic disease caused by cardiovascular anomalies such as vascular rings and/o...

BACKGROUND Glomus tumors are usually found over the dermis of the extremities, particularly over the subungual region of the fingers, and occurrence in the trachea is an extremely rare event. To date, only 29 cases of tracheal and 2 main bronchus glomus tumors have been reported in the English literature. Our patient is the first ever reported case in Taiwan that was managed by spiral tracheopl...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to introduce a new surgical technique for the correction of congenital cricotracheal stenosis. METHODS A 5-day-old girl presented with esophageal atresia and congenital cricotracheal stenosis. After successfully correcting her esophageal atresia, the authors chose to use a type of slide cricotracheoplasty, which was a modification of slide tracheoplasty and a...

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...

Several drugs have been used to modulate of the tracheal healing process in order to prevent tracheal stenosis. Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a modulator of the fibrogenesis. In this work we evaluate the effect in order the application of hyaluronic acid has on tracheal healing, after cervical tracheoplasty in dogs. A cervical tracheal resection and tracheoplasty was performed in 12 dogs and they wer...

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 ...