• J Otolaryngol · Feb 1993

    Review Case Reports

    Epiglottoplasty in the treatment of laryngomalacia.

    • A Zeitouni and J Manoukian.
    • Department of Otolaryngology, McGill University, Montreal Children's Hospital, Quebec, Canada.
    • J Otolaryngol. 1993 Feb 1; 22 (1): 29-33.

    AbstractLaryngomalacia is the most common congenital laryngeal anomaly. Usually the symptoms are mild, do not interfere with growth and development and resolve spontaneously. Occasionally it results in failure to thrive, apnea and cardiopulmonary disease. These children have traditionally experienced a stormy course, sometimes ending with tracheostomy. We present our experience with a recently described endoscopic procedure that involves the excision of redundant mucosa over the lateral edges of the epiglottis, aryepiglottic folds, arytenoids and corniculate cartilages. In six cases operated at the Montreal Children's Hospital there were no complications. Their pre-operative symptoms resolved after surgery. The cases, indications and complications reported in the literature are discussed. We conclude that in certain severe cases of laryngomalacia, epiglottoplasty is a useful and safe tool.

      Pubmed     Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…