title: Vascular sling with tracheomalacia: surgical management.
abstract: Surgical repair of pulmonary artery sling without concomitant correction of associated tracheal abnormalities has yielded poor results in the past. We combined vascular sling repair done during cardiopulmonary bypass through a median sternotomy incision with tracheopexy for severe associated tracheomalacia in 2 infants. Neither experienced substantial postoperative respiratory difficulties and both had patent vascular anastomoses at 1 year after repair, thus supporting this approach when this combination of lesions is present.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550.
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Lobe
mesh_terms: D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery