title: Vallecular cyst and laryngomalacia in infants: report of six cases and airway management.
abstract: This report describes difficulties encountered in the airway management of six infants with concurrent vallecular cyst and laryngomalacia. It is hoped that our experience will assist others in the management of such patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan. cheng@zeus.bwh.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Ka Shun
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Ju-Mei
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Hsueh-Yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Philip M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Hartigan
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D007830:Larynx / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed