1. Bronchomalacia in Right Aortic Arch Treated With Descending Aortic Translocation and Airway Splint
- Author
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Russell W. Jennings, Christopher W. Baird, Peter Chiu, and Kevin G. Friedman
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Aortic arch ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Bronchus ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Aortopexy ,Chromosomal translocation ,respiratory system ,medicine.disease ,respiratory tract diseases ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Tracheobronchomalacia ,medicine.artery ,cardiovascular system ,medicine ,Bronchomalacia ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Airway ,Splint (medicine) - Abstract
Management of recurrent symptomatic tracheobronchomalacia and tracheobronchial compression after prior aortopexy and tracheobronchopexy is a surgical challenge. In patients with right aortic arch, the course of the aortic arch over the right mainstem bronchus can result in superior and posterior compression of the airway. We present two cases of recurrent bronchomalacia and bronchial compression treated with descending aortic translocation. The addition of bronchial splinting to aortic translocation effectively relieved airway symptoms.
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- 2022