• Biljana Drasković, Anna Uram-Benka, and Vladimir Kljajić.
• Klinika za decju hirurgiju, Institut za zdravstvenu zastitu dece i omladine Vojvodine, Novi Sad. draskovic@sbb.co.rs
• Med. Pregl. 2010 Mar 1;63(3-4):275-9.

AbstractCongenital tracheal stenosis is a rare disorder characterized by the presence of focal or diffuse complete tracheal cartilage rings, resulting in afixed tracheal narrowing. The prognosis for this disorder is currently assumed to be poor, with some sources stating that the natural outcome of this problem is inevitably fatal. Tracheal stenosis requires a tracheostomy at delivery for the infant to survive before the definitive reconstruction. The laryngeal mask airway is the most commonly used airway device in pediatric anaesthesia as well as the primary airway control during the resuscitation. We present a premature infant with congenital tracheal stenosis, in whom the airway could be controlled only by the laringeal mask. In this case the laryngeal mask airway was a life saving device for the airway control in the period before tracheostomy was done. Tracheostomy was made in first few hours after birth. In severe tracheal stenosis the laryngeal mask airway can be a device of choice for the initial control of the airway.

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