title: Extensive patch tracheoplasty with a silicon "T" tube stent in a 7-month-old infant.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Freeman Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tocewicz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wren
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Dark
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation; D015607:Stents; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*