[Surgical alternatives in congenital tracheal stenosis].
Congenital tracheal stenosis is a rare condition with a high mortality. In a 12-year period, 5 cases (ages 5 days to 4 years) with this anomaly were treated. 4 were corrected, the operative repair consisted of segmental resection and anastomosis in one patient, and rib-cartilage tracheoplasty in the other three. The other patient died 12 days after bronchoscopy without attempt of surgical correction. Two patients died during or just after surgery, both of them presenting a similar clinical course consisting on severe air trapping, mechanical pulmonary hypertension and low cardiac output. Long-term follow-up of the survivors is satisfactory.
Matute
J A
JA
Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Materno-Infantil 12 de Octubre, Madrid.
Encinas
A
A
Hernández
J M
JM
Varela
G
G
Berchi
F J
FJ
Vilariño
A
A
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
Alternativas quirúrgicas ante la estenosis traqueal congénita.