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Over a 6.5-year period, 25 infants and children with symptomatic tracheomalacia underwent aortopexy. Seventeen of the patients had immediate and dramatic relief of symptoms and 5 others were greatly improved. The operation failed in 1 patient who required two subsequent procedures. Early recourse to aortopexy is recommended when symptoms of tracheomalacia become evident.
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Kiely, E.M., Spitz, L. & Brereton, R. Management of tracheomalacia by aortopexy. Pediatr Surg Int 2, 13–15 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00173598
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00173598