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OBJECTIVE
To explore our experience of anesthetic management for pediatric congenital laryngomalacia operation.
METHODS
A total of 27 pediatric patients with congenital laryngomalacia were treated at our hospital between December 2010 and November 2012. All patients were anesthetized by intravenous
OBJECTIVE
To investigate post-operative symptom improvement in patients with severe laryngomalacia.
METHODS
Severe laryngomalacia was diagnosed in 138 patients (average age of 6.97 months) by bronchoscopy. Laryngomalacia was defined by the direction of supraglottic collapse: type A (posterolateral),
Laryngomalacia is the most common cause of stridor in infants. Severely affected children are at risk of feeding difficulties, apnoeic episodes and cor pulmonale secondary to upper airway obstruction. The aim of this study was to assess the outcome of aryepiglottoplasty. This is a simple surgical
OBJECTIVE
Vallecular cyst is not a common disease of neonate and infant. However, it may cause severe airway obstruction and even death. Its clinical symptoms are similar to laryngomalacia, including stridor, suprasternal retraction, substernal retraction, feeding difficulties, vomiting, failure to
When conventional treatment with upright positioning and thickened feedings fails to control vomiting associated with gastroesophageal reflux (GER) of infancy, malnutrition and growth failure may result. If this occurs, fundoplication is usually recommended. In this study, 12 infants with growth