Pediatric partial cricotracheal resection: a new technique for the posterior cricoid anastomosis. 2006

Mark E Boseley, and Christopher J Hartnick
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

OBJECTIVE Partial cricotracheal resection has become a more popular procedure in the pediatric population as a treatment for severe subglottic stenosis. We describe a new technique for the posterior cricoid anastomosis. METHODS This is a case series of 4 pediatric patients with a Myer-Cotton grade III or IV subglottic stensosis. METHODS Tertiary care hospital with a pediatric intensive care unit. RESULTS All 4 patients were decannulated and there were no observed complications to include posterior mucosal dehiscence and/or recurrent laryngeal nerve injury. CONCLUSIONS Placing sutures through the cricoid cartilage is technically less difficult than previously described techniques for treating subglottic stenosis near the undersurface of the true vocal folds and affords a more stable posterior mucosal suture line. CONCLUSIONS This technique provides a surgical means to treat high subglottic stenosis that closely approximates the true vocal folds by enabling a stable posterior mucosa to mucosa apposition. METHODS Grade C-4.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007829 Laryngostenosis Developmental or acquired stricture or narrowing of the LARYNX. Symptoms of respiratory difficulty depend on the degree of laryngeal narrowing. Laryngeal Stenosis,Acquired Laryngeal Stenosis,Acquired Subglottic Stenosis,Congenital Subglottic Stenosis,Acquired Laryngeal Stenoses,Acquired Subglottic Stenoses,Congenital Subglottic Stenoses,Laryngeal Stenoses,Laryngeal Stenoses, Acquired,Laryngeal Stenosis, Acquired,Laryngostenoses,Stenoses, Acquired Laryngeal,Stenoses, Acquired Subglottic,Stenoses, Congenital Subglottic,Stenoses, Laryngeal,Stenosis, Acquired Laryngeal,Stenosis, Acquired Subglottic,Stenosis, Congenital Subglottic,Stenosis, Laryngeal,Subglottic Stenoses, Acquired,Subglottic Stenoses, Congenital,Subglottic Stenosis, Acquired,Subglottic Stenosis, Congenital
D008297 Male Males
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003413 Cricoid Cartilage The small thick cartilage that forms the lower and posterior parts of the laryngeal wall. Cartilage, Cricoid,Cartilages, Cricoid,Cricoid Cartilages
D005260 Female Females
D005931 Glottis The vocal apparatus of the larynx, situated in the middle section of the larynx. Glottis consists of the VOCAL FOLDS and an opening (rima glottidis) between the folds. Rima Glottidis,Glottidi, Rima,Glottidis, Rima,Rima Glottidi
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000714 Anastomosis, Surgical Surgical union or shunt between ducts, tubes or vessels. It may be end-to-end, end-to-side, side-to-end, or side-to-side. Surgical Anastomosis,Anastomoses, Surgical,Surgical Anastomoses
D013517 Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures Surgery performed on the ear and its parts, the nose and nasal cavity, or the throat, including surgery of the adenoids, tonsils, pharynx, and trachea. Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedure,Otorhinolaryngological Surgical Procedures,Procedure, Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical,Procedures, Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical,Surgical Procedure, Otorhinolaryngologic,Surgical Procedures, Otorhinolaryngologic,Otorhinolaryngological Surgical Procedure,Procedure, Otorhinolaryngological Surgical,Procedures, Otorhinolaryngological Surgical,Surgical Procedure, Otorhinolaryngological,Surgical Procedures, Otorhinolaryngological

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