Slide tracheoplasty for congenital funnel-shaped tracheal stenosis.
Congenital funnel-shaped trachea is a serious condition, and the survival rate in infants is poor. A slide tracheoplasty is described, with a brief review of other methods of repair. Two cases that demonstrate the operability of congenital funnel-shaped trachea in infancy are reported.
Tsang
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Brompton Hospital, London, England.
Murday
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A
Gillbe
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Goldstraw
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P
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*