The effects of prematurity on incidence of aspiration following supraglottoplasty for laryngomalacia

Objectives To determine if patients who were born premature have a higher incidence of aspiration following supraglottoplasty compared to patients born full term. Study Design Retrospective study. Methods Two thousand three hundred sixty (2360) patient charts from Riley Hospital for Children were re...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Laryngoscope 2014-03, Vol.124 (3), p.777-780
Hauptverfasser: Anderson de Moreno, Lauren C., Matt, Bruce H.
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Zusammenfassung:Objectives To determine if patients who were born premature have a higher incidence of aspiration following supraglottoplasty compared to patients born full term. Study Design Retrospective study. Methods Two thousand three hundred sixty (2360) patient charts from Riley Hospital for Children were reviewed retrospectively. Patients had already been treated for laryngomalacia with supraglottoplasty by Dr. Bruce Matt. Estimated weeks gestational age at birth was recorded for each patient. Prematurity was stratified as mild (32–36 weeks gestational age [WGA]), very (28–31 WGA), or extremely (
ISSN:0023-852X
1531-4995
DOI:10.1002/lary.21855