title: Slide plasty of trachea and right main bronchus in a newborn.
abstract: Congenital stenosis of airways is a rare and possibly life-threatening congenital defect with difficult treatment and uncertain prognosis. In our report, we describe a rare case of a 1-month-old newborn with concomitant stenosis of trachea and main bronchus and its successful treatment using slide plasty.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiocentrum, Motol University Hospital, Motol University Hospital and 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. jan.brazdil@seznam.cz
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brazdil
authors.forename: Tomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tlaskal
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vojtovic
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pohunek
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cihar
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*