title: Variations in the technique of slide tracheoplasty to repair complex forms of long-segment congenital tracheal stenoses.
abstract: Slide tracheoplasty has become the preferred technique for repair of long-segment congenital tracheal stenosis with complete tracheal rings. Complex morphological subtypes require technical modifications, which we present as follows.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children National Health Service Trust, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Wolfram
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Beierlein
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Elliott
mesh_terms: D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*