RT Book, Section
A1 Herrera, Patricio
A1 Chiu, Priscilla P. L.
A1 Kim, Peter C. W.
A2 Ziegler, Moritz M.
A2 Azizkhan, Richard G.
A2 Allmen, Daniel von
A2 Weber, Thomas R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1100432926
T1 Tracheal Stenosis and Tracheomalacia
T2 Operative Pediatric Surgery, 2e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-162723-8
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1100432926
RD 2024/04/19
AB Tracheal  narrowing  due  to  fixed  (ie,  complete  tracheal  rings)  and/or  dynamic  (eg,  tracheomalacia)  airway  obstruction  can  cause  life-threatening  respiratory  distress  in  infants  and  children.Expedient  investigations  for  tracheal  stenosis  must  include  echocardiography,  cross-sectional  imaging  by  computed  tomography  (CT)  or  magnetic  resonance  imaging  (MRI),  and  bronchoscopy  to  determine  the  cause  and  define  the  extent  of  airway  compromise.Optimal  management  of  tracheal  obstruction  requires  a  multidisciplinary  and  yet  individualized  approach.  Conservative  management  without  surgical  intervention  may  be  warranted  in  select  patients  depending  on  severity  of  symptoms  and  extent  of  narrowing  as  the  airway  caliber  in  congenital  tracheal  stenosis  (CTS)  and  tracheomalacia  will  improve  with  patient  growth  in  many  cases.