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Costal cartilage tracheoplasty for congenital long-segment tracheal stenosis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12365888     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate and report the outcome of costal cartilage tracheoplasty for the treatment of congenital long-segment tracheal stenosis. DESIGN: Retrospective chart review. SETTING: Academic tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS: Consecutive series of 10 patients who presented with congenital long-segment tracheal stenosis. INTERVENTION: All patients underwent costal cartilage tracheoplasty while receiving cardiopulmonary bypass. MEASUREMENTS: Age at repair, weight at repair, length of stenosis, minimal diameter of stenosis, postoperative days receiving ventilator support, postoperative days until discharge, postoperative bronchoscopies, postoperative complications, associated anomalies, survival rate, and current status. RESULTS: There were 8 males and 2 females with an average age at repair of 18 weeks. Average weight was 5.2 kg. Average length of stenosis was 3.2 cm, and average minimal diameter was 1.9 mm. Average postoperative days receiving ventilator support was 17 with a median of 9.5. Average postoperative days until discharge was 35.2 with a median of 17. Average postoperative bronchoscopies was 18 with a median of 4.5. There was a 40% major postoperative complication rate. Seven of the patients had associated anomalies. No patient died from an inadequate tracheal airway, though 2 patients ultimately died from other cardiopulmonary complications for a survival rate of 80%. Average time since surgery for survivors is 8.0 years. Two patients still require treatment. Seven of the original 10 patients are fully active without tracheostomy. CONCLUSION: We report one of the largest series of costal cartilage tracheoplasty for congenital long-segment tracheal stenosis and one that has met with a relatively high success rate.
Authors:
James W Forsen; Rodney P Lusk; Charles B Huddleston
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery     Volume:  128     ISSN:  0886-4470     ISO Abbreviation:  Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg.     Publication Date:  2002 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-10-07     Completed Date:  2002-11-04     Revised Date:  2006-03-28    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8603209     Medline TA:  Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1165-71     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, St Louis Children's Hospital, MO 63110, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Body Weight
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Cartilage / pathology,  surgery*
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Length of Stay
Male
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)*
Retrospective Studies
Survival Rate
Trachea / pathology,  surgery*
Tracheal Stenosis / congenital*,  mortality,  surgery*

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