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Slide thyrocricotracheoplasty: a novel surgical technique for congenital laryngeal atresia

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The aim of this study was to introduce a new surgical technique for the correction of congenital laryngeal atresia. A female baby had laryngeal atresia at birth and received emergency tracheostomy at another hospital. The baby visited our hospital at 7 months of age for corrective surgery of airway obstruction. We used a new surgical technique for reconstruction of her airway, the slide thyrocricotracheoplasty, which was a modification of slide tracheoplasty and anterior cricoid split. The extubation was successful at the postoperative fifth day, and the baby was discharged on the 33rd day after operation. The serial follow-up bronchoscopy on the fourth and 18th postoperative months revealed good healing and normal growth of tissue at operation site without stenosis and granulation. Slide thyrocricotracheoplasty produced a desirable result and offered the same advantages as slide tracheoplasty. The authors believe that this technique offers an efficient surgical procedure for the single-staged correction of congenital laryngeal atresia.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Shinchon-dong 134, Seodaemoon-gu, 120-752, Seoul, South Korea

    Seong Min Kim, Seok Joo Han, Jung Tak Oh & Seung Hoon Choi

  2. Department of Otolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

    Hong Sik Choi

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

    Yong Taek Nam

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Kim, S.M., Han, S.J., Choi, H.S. et al. Slide thyrocricotracheoplasty: a novel surgical technique for congenital laryngeal atresia. Pediatr Surg Int 24, 383–386 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-007-1937-3

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