Successful complete tracheal resection in a three-month-old infant.

Jacobs, J P; Haw, M P; Motbey, J A; Bailey, C M; Herberhold, C; Elliott, M J · Ann Thorac Surg · 1996

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report an infant with severe long-segment tracheal stenosis in whom the posterior trachea was formed by complete cartilage rings and the anterior trachea was almost totally formed by a solid cartilage plate. The child was successfully treated initially by complete resection of the trachea and primary end-to-end repair and subsequently with tracheal homograft transplantation for secondary stenosis.

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