When parents opted not to perform surgery for a long-segment congenital tracheal stenosis child: flexible bronchoscopic balloon tracheoplasty as the primary treatment

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 219-221

  Tsui, Ka Yin ^a   Yu, Hong Ren ^a   Hwang, Kao Pin ^a   Niu, Chen Kuang ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Balloon dilatation; Congenital anomalies; Congenital tracheal stenosis; Endoscopy; Flexible bronchoscopy; Tracheoplasty

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPIC BALLOON TRACHEOPLASTY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVERTICULOSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; KOMMERELL DIVERTICULUM; LONG SEGMENT CONGENITAL TRACHEAL STENOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SURGICAL APPROACH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

BALLOON DILATATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEAL STENOSIS;

EID: 67349263594     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.03.030     Document Type: Article

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