Laryngo-tracheoplasty
Laryngo-tracheoplasty
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喉气管成形术
DOI:
10.1017/s0022215100079147
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发表时间:
1974
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
J. N. G. Evans
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作者:
J. N. G. Evans
Introduction Ix the past year, five patients with tracheostomies, which were necessary because of severe subglottic stenosis, have been successfully decannulated following a new technique of laryngo-tracheoplasty. The results to date have been so encouraging that we felt this preliminary report justified. The management of infants and children with tracheostomies presents two main problems. First, there is the treatment of the underlying pathological condition, and second, the prolonged hospitalization. If the patient is cared for at home, the resulting strain on the parents may present many difficulties. The children in this series all had subglottic stenosis which was sufficiently severe to require a tracheostomy within the first nine months of life. It is our policy to treat all patients with subglottic stenosis conservatively in the first instance, and, in general, surgical treatment is only considered if no improvement in the airway is noted after a period of several months. It is said that most patients with subglottic stenosis will eventually grow out of it with the passage of time, but unfortunately this has not been our experience. Indeed, the complications of prolonged use of tracheostomy tubes may themselves be serious (Cundy and Bergstrom,