Interarytenoid injection outcomes in pediatric feeding disorders. 2023

Taylor J Stack, and Maria C Carrasco, and Joel Shah, and Carlton J Zdanski, and Jason Roberts
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery University of North Carolina Chapel Hill North Carolina USA.

Type 1 laryngeal clefts (LC1) and deep interarytenoid grooves contribute to pediatric feeding disorders. Management of these defects remains heterogeneous among surgeons and interarytenoid injection augmentation (IIA) is not always offered as a treatment option. This study evaluated IIA outcomes among a pediatric patient cohort comprised mostly of those with deep interarytenoid grooves. A single-institution retrospective chart review featured children under the age of 5 years presenting for aspiration, dysphagia, or choking. Over the period of 7 years (January 2014-October 2021), 39 met inclusion criteria and had sufficient follow-up data. Descriptive statistics and subgroup analyses were performed. Of the 39 included patients, 76.92% had clinical improvement post-injection, with the mean time to follow-up being 47 days. Within the deep interarytenoid groove group, improvement rates were 82.76%. Bronchoscopy findings revealed 29 (74.36%) patients with a DIG, 3 (7.69%) with LC1, 3 (7.69%) with no anatomic abnormality, and 4 (10.26%) with vocal cord paralysis. There were no adverse events. There were no associations with the outcomes based on subgroup analysis and logistic regression. IIA is an effective and safe treatment for pediatric feeding disorders. No covariates were associated with symptom improvement. Within the deep interarytenoid groove diagnosis subgroup, IIA effectively improved symptoms. Further investigations are needed to explore predictors of success with IIA in this population. VI.

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