Treatment of congenital tracheal stenosis.
Congenital tracheal surgery is uncommon and few centers have enough experience to make meaningful conclusions about treatment. Short-segment congenital tracheal stenosis is treated by tracheal resection, whereas long-segment stenosis is treated by slide tracheoplasty. Tracheomalacia is treated most commonly by aortopexy if due to simple vascular compression, division of an offending vascular ring if due to a compressing or encircling ring, or by careful observation if not associated with vascular compression.
Wright
Cameron D
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Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. cdwright@partners.org
D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*; D055090:Tracheomalacia / Q000601:surgery*