Abstract Background Laryngotracheal stenosis is a major cause of airway obstruction in pediatric age. The correction such abnormality still remains challenge, both because anatomical issues childhood and also due to the difficulty having properly trained professionals adequate hospital facilities. As treatment, many different surgical techniques are offered ranging from endoscopic less invasive...

List of illustrations List of Tables Abbreviations Acknowledgements Chapter 1 1.I Background and Aims of Thesis Chapter 2 2.I Embryology 2.II Anatomy 2.III History of Airway Surgery 2.III.a Tracheostomy and Airway intubation 2.III.b Laryngoscopy 2.III.c Bronchoscopy 2.III.d Surgery for laryngotracheal Stenosis 2.III.e Tracheobronchial stenting 2.III.f Lasers 2.III.g Mitomycin-C Chapter 3 3.I Su...

Abstract Background The larynx has multiple composite functions which include phonation, airway protection, and sensory control of respiration. Stenosis the trachea were first recorded by O’Dwyer in 1885 Colles 1886, respectively. Initially, aetiology laryngotracheal stenosis was predominantly infective. Currently, leading cause is iatrogenic injury to complex secondary prolonged ventilation an...

introduction: laryngotracheal stenosis can be caused after traumatic injuries to the neck from the subglottic larynx to the trachea. patients with laryngotracheal stenosis often need a tracheotomy and occasionally may become tracheotomy dependent. different procedures have been described for the management of these lesions. management options include techniques of endoscopic dilation, laser res...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate outcomes of balloon dilation laryngoplasty for laryngeal stenosis in children. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Academic tertiary care department of pediatric otolaryngology. PATIENTS All children treated with laryngeal balloon dilation (primarily or secondarily following laryngeal surgery) from 2002 to 2010. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Stenosis severity, measured usi...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine risk factors for decannulation failure after laryngotracheal reconstruction performed at a single institution over a 10-year period. STUDY DESIGN This is a retrospective cohort study. METHODS The study population included 95 adult patients who underwent laryngotracheal reconstruction at a single tertiary care medical center between 2003 and 2012. Data were...