Surgical treatment of severe laryngomalacia: Sixmonth follow up

Surgical treatment of severe laryngomalacia: Sixmonth follow up

Background Laryngomalacia (LM) is the most common congenital anomaly of larynx that causes stridor in children. We evaluated the efficacy of epiglottic suture and laser epiglottopexy for treatment of infants with severe LM. Methods Surgical intervention was performed in 19 patients with severe LM, a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatrics international 2015-12, Vol.57 (6), p.1159
Hauptverfasser: Baljosevic, Ivan, Minic, Predrag, Trajkovic, Goran, Markovic-Sovtic, Gordana, Radojicic, Bojana, Sovtic, Aleksandar
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Sprache:eng
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Congenital diseases
Medical treatment
Pediatrics
Throat
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Zusammenfassung:Background Laryngomalacia (LM) is the most common congenital anomaly of larynx that causes stridor in children. We evaluated the efficacy of epiglottic suture and laser epiglottopexy for treatment of infants with severe LM. Methods Surgical intervention was performed in 19 patients with severe LM, after the diagnosis was established using flexible laryngotracheobronchoscopy. Five patients had isolated type 1 LM, and 14 patients had a combination of type 1 and 3 LM. Indication for surgical treatment was the presence of LM with at least one of the following: malnutrition (body mass index [BMI] Z score
ISSN:1328-8067
1442-200X
DOI:10.1111/ped.12706