CO2 laser supraglottoplasty for severe laryngomalacia: A study of symptomatic improvement

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 889-895

  Lee, Kuo Sheng ^a,b   Chen, Bo Nien ^a   Yang, Cheng Chien ^a   Chen, Yu Chun ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Nursing   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; CO2 laser; Laryngomalacia; Supraglottoplasty

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGOMALACIA; LARYNX SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRIDOR; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; EATING; FOLLOW UP; GLOTTIS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; INHALATION; INTENSIVE CARE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX DISORDER; LASER SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; VOMITING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AGE FACTORS; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYANOSIS; EATING; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INHALATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGOSCOPY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VOMITING;

EID: 34247558611     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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