title: Distal tracheal stenosis in two children with double aortic arch and associated tracheomalacia.
abstract: Two case reports are presented in children who developed significant respiratory distress due to persistent tracheomalacia despite vascular decompression for double aortic arch. Cardiopulmonary bypass is suggested as a useful approach to the distal tracheal segment in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: I W
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Colquhoun
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Pollock
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D001015:Aortic Arch Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*