Treatment of a recurrent choanal atresia by balloon dilatation.

Abstract

A 16-year-old female patient with recurrent stenosis after unilateral choanal atresia that had been treated by surgery and laser therapy presented with restenosis 3 weeks after laser resection. As an alternative to repeat surgery, she was treated by balloon dilatation. Four balloon dilatations were performed (three at 4-week intervals and the last after an 8-week interval) over a 4-month period on an outpatient basis. She tolerated the treatment well without any complications. Over a follow-up period of 2 years the choana has remained completely open. The balloon dilatation described in this context here for the first time may be a good alternative to repeated operations in the treatment of recurrent choanal atresia, with minimal stress to the patient.

• Authors: D Goettmann, M Strohm, E P Strecker
• Journal: Cardiovascular and interventional radiology (Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol) 2000 Nov-Dec Vol. 23 Issue 6 Pg. 480-1 ISSN: 0174-1551 [Print] United States
• PMID: 11232900 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Catheterization (methods)
• Choanal Atresia (complications, diagnostic imaging, therapy)
• Female
• Humans
• Nasal Obstruction (diagnostic imaging, etiology, therapy)
• Prognosis
• Radiography
• Recurrence