作者
Friso M Rijnberg, Colin R Butler, Christian Bieli, Sonia Kumar, Reza Nouraei, Joshua Asto, Eimear McKavanagh, Paolo de Coppi, Nagarajan Muthialu, Martin J Elliott, Richard J Hewitt
发表日期
2018/9/1
期刊
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
卷号
54
期号
3
页码范围
585-592
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
OBJECTIVES
Our study describes and analyses the results from aortopexy for the treatment of airway malacia in children.
METHODS
Demographic data, characteristics and preoperative, operative and outcome details, including the need for reintervention, were collected for children undergoing aortopexy between 2006 and 2016.
RESULTS
One hundred patients [median age 8.2 months, interquartile range (IQR) 3.3–26.0 months] underwent aortopexy. Sixty-four (64%) patients had tracheomalacia (TM) only, 24 (24%) patients had TM extending into their bronchus (tracheobronchomalacia) and 11 (11%) patients had bronchomalacia. Forty-one (41%) children had gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, of which 17 (41%) children underwent a Nissen fundoplication. Twenty-eight (28%) children underwent a tracheo-oesophageal fistula repair prior to …
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