Extensive patch tracheoplasty with a silicon "T" tube stent in a 7-month-old infant.
Congenital tracheal stenosis is difficult to manage. We describe the combination of an extensive patch tracheoplasty and silicon "T" tube stenting performed in a 7-month-old infant following classical repair of a coexisting pulmonary artery sling.
Tocewicz
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Freeman Hospital, UK.
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Warren
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D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation; D015607:Stents; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*