title: Slide tracheoplasty.
abstract: Slide tracheoplasty, first described in 1989, has become the procedure of choice for long segment tracheal stenosis and complete tracheal rings. Although a challenging surgery with higher mortality than other open airway procedures, this technique offers a successful alternative for parents who just a couple decades ago had no reasonable surgical option. We describe the management of long segment tracheal stenosis using the slide tracheoplasty highlighting the surgical pearls necessary for success.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, 620 John Paul Jones Circle, Portsmouth, VA 23708, USA. thomasqgallagher@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Thomas Q
authors.initials: TQ
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Hartnick
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome