OBJECTIVES To evaluate the need for a tracheotomy and its timing during the evolution of an association of malformations, including coloboma, heart defects, choanal atresia, developmental and growth retardation, genitourinary malformation, and ear anomalies (CHARGE association). DESIGN Retrospective study from January 1988 through December 1997. SETTING Four academic tertiary care centers. ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES Surgery is the treatment of choice for symptomatic tracheal obstruction due to benign or malignant thyroid disease. In case of inoperability, or when surgery is refused, few therapeutic alternatives are available. Interventional bronchoscopic procedures have only been reported anecdotally. The objective of this study is to evaluate the results of interventional bronchoscopic pr...

Yazdanbakhsh et al. [1] report a surgical technique using autologous pericardial patch and strips of costal cartilage for relieving severe tracheal stenosis. Over nearly two decades of experience, 21 patients were treated, with 3 (14%) suffering late postoperative mortality. Seven patients underwent bronchoscopic reintervention and 8 underwent surgical intervention, including 3 sliding tracheop...

In this case report, we present an infant who has a double aortic arch vascular ring anomaly. We emphasize the importance of maintaining a high level of clinical suspicion for vascular ring when evaluating an infant with the symptom of persistent stridor. Recognizing persistent stridor early and treating the underlying cause can, indeed, optimize outcomes. Case A 3-day-old boy presented to the ...

UNLABELLED Laryngomalacia is the condition responsible for 75% of the cases of stridor in children aged up to 30 months, in which there is supraglottic collapse during inhalation. Inspiratory stridor is a characteristic telltale. As many as 20% of the patients are severely affected and require surgery. Supraglottoplasty is the procedure of choice and the presence of comorbidities is the most re...