The Use of T-tube Cholangiocatheter Stents in the Treatment of Pediatric Tracheomalacia.
Tracheomalacia is a common disorder in neonate and infants, which can lead to life-threatening airway occlusion, because of external pressure or intrinsic defect of tracheobroncial cartilage. Aortopexy and Stents are effective in relieving tracheomalacia in the latter patients. In this case we are to show how t-tube cholangiocatheter is effective and easy available in sever tracheomalacia neonates with intrinsic defect. It can be easily replaced and causes no infection, erosion, or sever complication in 9 months period.
Department of Pediatric Surgery and Urology, Hormozgan and Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Seyed
S
Mohammad Vahid Hosseini
Department of Gastroenterohepatology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences and Member of Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad
M
Zarenezhad
Department of Gastroenterohepatology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Babak
B
Sabet
Department of Anesthesialogy, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Mehrdad Malek
MM
Shoar
Department of Gastroenterohepatology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences and Member of Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran.
Gholamreza
G
Kangari
Stent; t-tube cholangiocatheter; tracheomalacia