Abstract Background Laryngotracheal stenosis is a major cause of airway obstruction in pediatric age. The correction such abnormality still remains challenge, both because anatomical issues childhood and also due to the difficulty having properly trained professionals adequate hospital facilities. As treatment, many different surgical techniques are offered ranging from endoscopic less invasive...

Airway stenosis, in particular, laryngotracheal occurs due to various causes and pathological conditions, a number of surgical procedures have been proposed for its treatment. For bilateral vocal fold paralysis, posterior glottic subglottic the transoral and/or open approach, including laterofixation fold, arytenoidectomy, laryngotracheoplasty, can be performed according condition, extent, seve...

OBJECTIVE To compare single-stage laryngotracheal reconstruction (ssLTR) and double-stage LTR (dsLTR). DESIGN Retrospective medical record review. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS Seventy-one patients underwent 84 procedures (22 ssLTRs and 62 dsLTRs). INTERVENTION Review of preoperative disease severity and surgical outcomes for patients who underwent ssLTR vs dsLTR. ...

Neonatal subglottic stenosis still remains a substantial challenge for paediatric ENT surgeons. Herein, we present a case of a single stage laryngotracheal reconstruction for a glottic-subglottic stenosis in an 18-week-old, 7.2 kg infant with DiGeorge syndrome. Our surgical approach was compared with those reported in the literature. Paediatric airway surgery should be tailored to individual pa...