title: Pediatric supraglottoplasty.
abstract: Laryngomalacia is the most common congenital laryngeal abnormality, as well as the most common cause of stridor in infants. Laryngomalacia presents as a wide spectrum of disease from mild noisy breathing with feeding to life-threatening airway obstruction and failure to thrive. The stridor associated with laryngomalacia is generally inspiratory in nature from supraglottic airway collapse. Supraglottoplasty refers to a group of procedures used for the surgical management of laryngomalacia. In this chapter, the authors review laryngomalacia and describe the surgical techniques of supraglottoplasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 34800 Bob Wilson Drive, San Diego, CA 92134, USA.
authors.forename: Art
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ambrosio
authors.forename: Matthew T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Brigger
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005931:Glottis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D055092:Laryngomalacia / Q000601:surgery*; D058753:Laryngoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D007828:Laryngoscopy