Slide plasty of trachea and right main bronchus in a newborn.
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.
Brazdil
Jan
J
Pediatric Cardiocentrum, Motol University Hospital, Motol University Hospital and 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. jan.brazdil@seznam.cz
Tlaskal
Tomas
T
Vojtovic
Pavel
P
Pohunek
Petr
P
Cihar
Martin
M
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*