Department of Pediatric Surgery, Mofid Children’s Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, TEHRAN-IRAN
Abstract
Diffuse malacia of the airway is a rare condition; no definite incidence rates are available. It can be associated with a variety of congenital anomalies, but internal compression by an endotracheal or tracheostomy tube also may be the culprit. We describe a one-year-old boy with tracheomalacia that developed after a gastric pull-up procedure for esophageal replacement due to esophageal atresia. After being under mechanical ventilation for 28 days and impossible to extubate, he improved dramatically after performing aortopexy. (Tanaffos 2004; 3(10): 63-67)
Sadeghian,N. , Ghouroubi,J. and Diaz,D. (2004). Tracheomalacia after Esophageal Replacement: Role of Aortopexy. TANAFFOS (Respiration), 3(2(spring)), 63-67.
MLA
Sadeghian,N. , , Ghouroubi,J. , and Diaz,D. . "Tracheomalacia after Esophageal Replacement: Role of Aortopexy", TANAFFOS (Respiration), 3, 2(spring), 2004, 63-67.
HARVARD
Sadeghian N., Ghouroubi J., Diaz D. (2004). 'Tracheomalacia after Esophageal Replacement: Role of Aortopexy', TANAFFOS (Respiration), 3(2(spring)), pp. 63-67.
CHICAGO
N. Sadeghian, J. Ghouroubi and D. Diaz, "Tracheomalacia after Esophageal Replacement: Role of Aortopexy," TANAFFOS (Respiration), 3 2(spring) (2004): 63-67,
VANCOUVER
Sadeghian N., Ghouroubi J., Diaz D. Tracheomalacia after Esophageal Replacement: Role of Aortopexy. TANAFFOS (Respiration), 2004; 3(2(spring)): 63-67.
