title: A novel stent for the treatment of persistent buccopharyngeal membrane.
abstract: We describe a new stent design for treatment of persistent buccopharyngeal membrane. The patient is a male child diagnosed at birth with persistent buccopharyngeal membrane, managed in our institution from birth to present age of 2.5 years. We describe to problems and challenges in management for this rare anomaly by means of a custom made polyurethane stent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 100 Bt. Timah Road, Singapore 229899, Singapore. shani.tan.sw@kkh.com.sg <shani.tan.sw@kkh.com.sg>
authors.forename: Shani Sian-Wei
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Henry K K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Chiang
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009056:Mouth Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents