OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Recurrent pneumonia due to intractable aspiration is a life-threatening disease. A tracheal flap method for children without previous tracheostomy has been previously reported. This study reports that improvements of this method and its three subtypes are widely applicable to patients with various conditions. STUDY DESIGN Surgical technique study. METHODS The tracheal ...

We review innominate artery compression of the trachea in 60 surgically corrected patients and 30 in patients who did not undergo surgery. The symptoms and radiologic features are correlated with the degree of tracheal narrowing at bronchoscopy and with associated defects that may exist. From this study, a history of respiratory distress with "reflex apnea" associated with tracheal narrowing is...

Tracheoinnominate artery fistula is known as a potentially fatal complication for patients who depend on tracheostomy or tracheoesophageal diversion. Since the bleeding from a TIF is often difficult to control, preventative procedures are recommended to avoid this complication. An 11-year-old girl with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and scoliosis developed tracheal stenosis caused by compressi...

BACKGROUND Thyroidectomy is considered a low-risk operation. The authors report a case of tracheal necrosis after total thyroidectomy for multinodular goiter with bilateral adenomas, and a case of oesophageal fistula after total thyroidectomy for papillary cancer. METHODS AND RESULTS The patient with tracheal perforation was treated by a non operative management after clinical stabilization. ...

Twenty-one cases of congenital tracheal stenosis seen at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children 1971 through 1980 were reviewed with regard to the clinical features, associated anomalies, endoscopic findings and radiological evaluation. Congenital tracheal stenosis was usually a serious problem often associated with other major anomalies of the respiratory tract, esophagus, or skeleton. Ther...

BACKGROUND Tracheostomy has long been implemented as means of a surgical airway in patients with upper airway obstruction and patients requiring long-term mechanical ventilation support. Temporally, surgical tracheostomy may be performed in an emergent fashion, as in the “slash” tracheostomy, but also as an elective procedure, commonly in patients undergoing resection of the mandible, floor of ...

conclusions stents would be regarded as a temporary means of reaching the ideal condition for resection and reconstruction in most patients with tracheal stenoses. although an optimal stent has not been introduced yet, we used polyflex stents in most of our patients with tracheal stenosis due to its availability and ease of use. we suggest that this method is safe and less time consuming than i...

bypass . . u r g r , j v r araarurruvss s v r r w * r c vsauyrsugcus rrr*a,rurcu wlth~n the I0;vearperiod of January 1978 to December 1987. Cervical complications accounted for 60% and the commonest was a leak at the colo-oesophageal anastomosis. There was one death due to undetected oesophago-tracheal fistula. The longest follow up was 10 years. ve oesophageal strictures