History of pediatric laryngotracheal reconstruction.
In the early twentieth century, John Winslow wrote that there was no more difficulty in laryngology than treating chronic stenosis of the larynx and trachea. Winslow described cases as "excessively rebellious to treatment" and treatment requiring "patience, persistence, self-sacrifice and skill on the part of the surgeon" and "discomfort or even suffering by the patient." Three decades later, Chevalier Jackson wrote that curing patients required perseverance over a period of time rarely as short as 3 months and as long as 7 years. Significant strides in surgical technique have been made; this article chronicles the development of laryngotracheal reconstruction in children.
Koempel
Jeffrey A
JA
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. jkoempel@chla.usc.edu
Cotton
Robin T
RT
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