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Surgical management of an infantile elliptical cricoid: Endoscopic posterior laryngotracheoplasty utilizing a resorbable plate
- Source :
- International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology. 138
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The cricoid is a circular “ring” of cartilage in the airway. When the lateral walls of the cricoid approximate, it takes the shape of an ellipse. In severe cases, this also reduces the glottic aperture and causes respiratory distress, stridor, and failure to thrive. The elliptical cricoid has limited surgical options outside of open laryngotracheal procedures and tracheostomy. Recently, alternatives to autologous grafts have been utilized in airway reconstruction to reduce harvest site morbidity and increase operating room efficiency. Herein a case is presented that demonstrates the successful use of a resorbable plate in augmenting the posterior larynx in an infant with a severely elliptical cricoid to avoid a tracheostomy.
- Subjects :
- Larynx
medicine.medical_specialty
Glottis
Subglottic stenosis
Stridor
Cricoid Cartilage
03 medical and health sciences
Laryngoplasty
0302 clinical medicine
Tracheostomy
030225 pediatrics
medicine
Humans
030223 otorhinolaryngology
Respiratory distress
business.industry
Cartilage
Infant
Laryngostenosis
General Medicine
respiratory system
medicine.disease
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Otorhinolaryngology
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
medicine.symptom
business
Airway
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18728464
- Volume :
- 138
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e4f6121830ae9a7bcd09fe2bc6a64256