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Temporary Tracheal Stenting After Pulmonary Artery Sling Repair in a Newborn.
- Source :
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World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery [World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg] 2020 Jul; Vol. 11 (4), pp. NP69-NP71. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Sep 21. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Pulmonary artery sling (PAS) is a rare disease frequently associated with severe malacia and stenosis of the trachea. We present a two-day-old newborn that underwent urgent surgery for PAS and needed prolonged respiratory support afterward. Temporary airway stenting above the level of the tracheal bifurcation was performed five days after surgery to overcome severe airway obstruction caused by tracheomalacia and laceration of the tracheal mucosa after diagnostic bronchoscopy. Two days after the procedure, the child could be extubated and after two weeks the stent was removed without complications. Temporary tracheal stenting after PAS repair can be an effective therapeutic strategy in newborns with tracheal obstruction and allows timely weaning from ventilator support.
- Subjects :
- Bronchoscopy
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Pulmonary Artery abnormalities
Pulmonary Artery diagnostic imaging
Tracheal Stenosis diagnosis
Tracheal Stenosis etiology
Vascular Ring complications
Vascular Ring diagnosis
Pulmonary Artery surgery
Stents
Trachea surgery
Tracheal Stenosis surgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2150-136X
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28933231
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/2150135117713740