Tracheal resection in infancy.

Tracheal resection, commonly used in adults, has not been applied to the infant age group because of concerns regarding subsequent tracheal growth. Upper tracheal narrowing in infants may often be satisfactorily treated, but patients with long segment distal tracheal stenosis do not respond to usual therapy and rarely survive. In this case, resection of the distal third of the trachea was accomplished successfully and the trachea appears capable of normal growth in the area of the anastamosis.