title: Slide cricotracheoplasty: a novel surgical technique for congenital cricotracheal stenosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to introduce a new surgical technique for the correction of congenital cricotracheal stenosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 5-day-old girl presented with esophageal atresia and congenital cricotracheal stenosis. After successfully correcting her esophageal atresia, the authors chose to use a type of slide cricotracheoplasty, which was a modification of slide tracheoplasty and anterior cricoid split.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The postoperative period was remarkably uneventful except for minor subcutaneous emphysema, and the midterm results were excellent.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Slide cricotracheoplasty produced a good result and offered the same advantages as slide tracheoplasty. The authors believe that the described technique offers an efficient surgical procedure for the single-staged correction of congenital cricotracheal stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Seok Joo
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Young-Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myung-Joon
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ki-Young
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Airi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Eui Ho
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Hwang
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003413:Cricoid Cartilage / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*