Abstract | INTRODUCTION: PATIENTS AND METHODS: The authors performed balloon dilatation of subglottic laryngeal strictures (SGS) in 5 children (3 girls and 2 boys) without tracheotomy. Two of them with traumatic and inflammatory SGS had a tracheal cannula removed in the past. The other 3 children with postintubation SGS had never had a tracheostomy before. The need for tracheostomy due to worsening stridor was imminent for all of them. RESULTS: CONCLUSION: Balloon dilatation of laryngeal stricture could be done in the absence of tracheostomy in apneic pause. Dilatation averted threatening tracheostomy in all except one case. Early complication after the procedure seems to be a negative prognostic factor for the outcome of balloon dilatation.
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Authors | J Lisý, D Groh, M Chovanec, M Marková, V Suchánek, P Polášková, M Trávníček |
Journal | BioMed research international
(Biomed Res Int)
Vol. 2014
Pg. 397295
( 2014)
ISSN: 2314-6141 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 25013778
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Apnea
(pathology, therapy)
- Catheterization
(methods)
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Dilatation
- Esophagoplasty
(methods)
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Laryngostenosis
(pathology, therapy)
- Male
- Tracheotomy
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