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Surgical intervention strategies for congenital tracheal stenosis associated with a tracheal bronchus based on the location of stenosis

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Purpose

The aim of this study was to determine the appropriate surgical intervention strategies for congenital tracheal stenosis (CTS) associated with a tracheal bronchus based on the location of stenosis.

Methods

The medical records of 13 pediatric patients with CTS associated with a tracheal bronchus at a single institution between January 2006 and December 2015 were retrospectively reviewed.

Results

Type 1: tracheal stenosis above the right upper lobe bronchus (RULB) (n = 1). One patient underwent slide tracheoplasty and was successfully extubated. Type 2: tracheal stenosis below the RULB (n = 7). Tracheal end-to-end anastomosis was performed before 2014, and one patient failed to extubate. Posterior–anterior slide tracheoplasty was performed since 2014, and all three patients were successfully extubated. Type 3: tracheal stenosis above the RULB to the carina (n = 5). One patient underwent posterior–anterior slide tracheoplasty and was successfully extubated. Two patients with left–right slide tracheoplasty and another two patients with tracheal end-to-end anastomosis for the stenosis below the RULB could not be extubated.

Conclusion

Tracheal end-to-end anastomosis or slide tracheoplasty can be selected for tracheal stenosis above the RULB according to the length of stenosis. Posterior–anterior slide tracheoplasty appears feasible for tracheal stenosis below the RULB or above the RULB to the carina.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kobe Children’s Hospital, 1-6-7 Minatojimaminamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan

    Keiichi Morita, Akiko Yokoi, Hiroaki Fukuzawa, Chieko Hisamatsu, Kosuke Endo, Yuichi Okata, Akihiko Tamaki, Yasuhiko Mishima & Kosaku Maeda

  2. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe Children’s Hospital, Kobe, Japan

    Yoshihiro Oshima

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Morita, K., Yokoi, A., Fukuzawa, H. et al. Surgical intervention strategies for congenital tracheal stenosis associated with a tracheal bronchus based on the location of stenosis. Pediatr Surg Int 32, 915–919 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-016-3928-8

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