| Literature DB >> 16930727 |
Michael J Rutter1, Shyan Vijayasekaran, Frank N Salamone, Aliza P Cohen, Peter Manning, Margaret H Collins, Anthony Mortelliti.
Abstract
Deficient cartilaginous rings are an extremely rare intrinsic tracheal defect. To our knowledge, only two cases have previously been reported in the literature. We describe our experience with three patients presenting with this unusual defect causing severe tracheomalacia who were successfully managed with slide-tracheoplasty. With respect to correction of the stenotic tracheal segment, our clinical outcomes were excellent. Dissimilarities in medical history suggest that the origin of deficient tracheal rings can be either congenital or acquired.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16930727 DOI： 10.1016/j.ijporl.2006.04.015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol ISSN： 0165-5876 Impact factor: 1.675