title: Dental bar tracheopexy in a neonate.
abstract: Double aortic arch often presents with tracheoesophageal compression. Management requires division of the vascular ring and, if tracheomalacia is present, some form of tracheopexy. We report here the use of a dental bar as an external splint for tracheopexy in a neonate. Follow-up to 18 months shows good tracheal growth and no erosion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Oxford Heart Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, United Kingdom. catarino@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Catarino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Westaby
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013165:Splints; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery