Laryngotracheoplasty as an alternative to tracheotomy in infants younger than 6 months

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 445-447

  White, David R ^a   Bravo, Miguel ^b   Vijayasekaran, Shyan ^c   Rutter, Michael J ^d   Cotton, Robin T ^d   Elluru, Ravindhra G ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOTRACHEOPLASTY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRICOID; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GLOTTIS; INSTRUMENTATION; LARYNX; LARYNX STENOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; TRACHEA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRICOID CARTILAGE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSTENOSIS; LARYNX; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TRACHEA; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 66149166186     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2009.21     Document Type: Article

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