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Perger L, Kim HB, Jaksic T, Jennings RW, Linden BC. Thoracoscopic Aortopexy for Treatment of Tracheomalacia in Infants and Children. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2009; 19 Suppl 1:S249-54. [DOI: 10.1089/lap.2008.0161.supp] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Lena Perger
- Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Structural upper and lower airway disorders and parenchymal disorders are uncommon in pediatric practice, but many pediatricians will encounter them and be responsible for the ongoing care of these patients. Pediatricians need to be cognizant of these diagnoses because, even though management of these disorders generally lacks an evidence base, existing principles of good care surrounding accurate diagnosis, classifications of severity, judicious use of investigations, medication, and surgical approaches are essential to good outcomes.
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MDCT Evaluation of the Prevalence of Tracheomalacia in Children With Mediastinal Aortic Vascular Anomalies. J Thorac Imaging 2008; 23:258-65. [DOI: 10.1097/rti.0b013e31817fbdf7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Kane TD, Nadler EP, Potoka DA. Thoracoscopic Aortopexy for Vascular Compression of the Trachea: Approach from the Right. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2008; 18:313-6. [DOI: 10.1089/lap.2007.0032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Timothy D. Kane
- Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Although asthma is the most common cause of cough, wheeze, and dyspnea in children and adults, asthma is often attributed inappropriately to symptoms from other causes. Cough that is misdiagnosed as asthma can occur with pertussis, cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, airway abnormalities such as tracheomalacia and bronchomalacia, chronic purulent or suppurative bronchitis in young children, and habit-cough syndrome. The respiratory sounds that occur with the upper airway obstruction caused by the various manifestations of the vocal cord dysfunction syndrome or the less common exercise-induced laryngomalacia are often mischaracterized as wheezing and attributed to asthma. The perception of dyspnea is a prominent symptom of hyperventilation attacks. This can occur in those with or without asthma, and patients with asthma may not readily distinguish the perceived dyspnea of a hyperventilation attack from the acute airway obstruction of asthma. Dyspnea on exertion, in the absence of other symptoms of asthma or an unequivocal response to albuterol, is most likely a result of other causes. Most common is the dyspnea associated with normal exercise limitation, but causes of dyspnea on exertion can include other physiologic abnormalities including exercise-induced vocal cord dysfunction, exercise-induced laryngomalacia, exercise-induced hyperventilation, and exercise-induced supraventricular tachycardia. A careful history, attention to the nature of the respiratory sounds that are present, spirometry, exercise testing, and blood-gas measurement provide useful data to sort out the various causes and avoid inappropriate treatment of these pseudo-asthma clinical manifestations.
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- Miles Weinberger
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Hospital, 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Abdel-Rahman U, Simon A, Ahrens P, Heller K, Moritz A, Fieguth HG. Aortopexy in Infants and Children—Long-term Follow-up in Twenty Patients. World J Surg 2007; 31:2255-9. [PMID: 17876663 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9221-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Aortopexy has become an established surgical procedure for the treatment of tracheomalacia (TM) in infants and children. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical outcome and respiratory function after aortopexy in the long term. METHODS Between 1992 and 2006, 20 patients (6 female, 14 male) with TM were treated by bronchoscopically monitored pexis of the aorta via a right anterior thoracotomy. Patient age ranged from 4 months to 11 years (mean: 29 months). Five infants had previous surgery of esophageal atresia or tracheo-esophageal fistulae, and five other patients were operated on for gastroesophageal reflux. Postoperative tidal expiratory flow (TEF25%) was compared to age-related values. RESULTS Mean follow-up was 7.8 years (range: 13 months to 10.7 years). There was no early or late mortality. Most patients (n = 16) showed immediate and permanent relief of symptoms. Compared to corresponding age groups, median TEF25% was slightly but not significantly decreased after aortopexy (p = 0.15). In one patient a re-aortopexy was necessary. Another patient experienced recurrent tracheo-esophageal fistula 3 years after aortopexy. CONCLUSIONS The bronchoscopically guided aortopexy is an efficient and simple method in the surgical treatment of TM in infants and children. The follow-up data in this series of 20 patients showed improvement of respiratory function and permanent relief of symptoms in the long term.
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- Ulf Abdel-Rahman
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, D-60590 Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
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van der Zee DC, Bax NMA. Thoracoscopic tracheoaortopexia for the treatment of life-threatening events in tracheomalacia. Surg Endosc 2007; 21:2024-5. [PMID: 17356936 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9250-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2006] [Accepted: 11/25/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Life-threatening events resulting from tracheomalacia are a well-known complication of infants with esophageal atresia. Aortopexy is accepted as the most effective method for managing severe life-threatening and localized tracheomalacia with a success rate of 85% to 90%. Since the advent of minimally invasive surgery (MIS), the procedure also can be performed using thoracoscopic MIS. METHODS Between January 2002 and November 2005, six children with esophageal atresia were treated using MIS for life-threatening events attributable to tracheomalacia. RESULTS The patients tolerated the thoracoscopic procedure well, and all tracheoaortopexies could be performed thoracoscopically. There were two recurrences, which could be treated using thoracoscopy. After a follow-up period of 27 months (range, 10-45 months), all the patients are doing well and have had no more life-threatening events. CONCLUSIONS Although this is the largest thoracoscopic series to date, the series is too small for any conclusions yet to be drawn. Thoracoscopic tracheoaortopexia is feasible and offers the advantages of MIS.
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- D C van der Zee
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, KE 04.140.5, P.O. Box 85090, 3508, AB, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Tracheal stenosis and malacia are somewhat rare conditions encountered in children and are difficult management problems. Tracheal stenosis, when limited in length, is amenable to resection and re-anastomosis. However, long segment tracheal stenosis occurs most often in infants and often is associated with quite severe symptoms. A variety of surgical options are available for treatment depending, in part, on surgeon's preference and experience. Tracheomalacia is, in some ways, more frustrating to treat because it usually persists after the underlying cause, usually external compression, is eliminated. This chapter will discuss these issues in detail.
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PURPOSE Aortopexy is the accepted operative treatment for severe and localized tracheomalacia (TM). The standard surgical approach involves a left anterior thoracotomy, often under bronchoscopic control. We report the results of aortopexy in 28 children with severe and localized TM; 12 had a left lateral muscle-sparing approach and one had a thoracoscopic aortopexy. METHODS Retrospective review of patient notes was performed to note the indications, investigation findings, and postoperative course after aortopexy. RESULTS The median age at aortopexy was 5 months. The indications included acute life-threatening events in 22, failure to extubate in 5, and recurrent pneumonia in 1. Fifteen had associated esophageal atresia and 13 had primary TM. Symptoms of TM were abolished in 26 of the 28 patients after aortopexy. CONCLUSIONS Aortopexy is a safe and reliable procedure to treat localized intrathoracic TM presenting with acute life-threatening events. It is important to exclude associated problems such as vascular rings and to ensure that the tracheomalacic portion is segmental and does not significantly involve the main bronchi. The lateral muscle-sparing thoracotomy provides good access and is more cosmetic than the standard anterior approach. We would attempt the thoracoscopic approach in older infants and children.
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- Sumit Dave
- Department of Paediatric Surgery, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick NSW 2031, Australia.
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Carden KA, Boiselle PM, Waltz DA, Ernst A. Tracheomalacia and Tracheobronchomalacia in Children and Adults. Chest 2005; 127:984-1005. [PMID: 15764786 DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.3.984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 423] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Tracheomalacia and tracheobronchomalacia are disorders that are encountered in both pediatric and adult medicine. Despite increasing recognition of these disease processes, there remains some uncertainty regarding their identification, causes, and treatment. This article is intended to be a comprehensive review of both the adult and pediatric forms of the diseases, and includes sections on the historical aspects of the disorders, and their classification, associated conditions, histopathology, and natural history. We also review the various modalities that are used for diagnosis as well as the state of the art of treatment, including airway stent placement and surgical intervention.
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- Kelly A Carden
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02446, USA
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Tracheomalacia is a rare condition characterised by collapse of the trachea during respiration. The condition is seen most often in infants and young children. Mild cases can be managed expectantly; however, severe cases can be associated with life-threatening cyanotic attacks and intervention to stabilise the airway is invariably necessary. Most commonly this involves an aortopexy to suspend the anterior wall of the trachea but other options include endoluminal or extraluminal stenting, long-term positive pressure ventilation and tracheostomy. Although tracheomalacia resolves spontaneously in most infants within the first few years of life, severe tracheomalacia is associated with significant morbidity and mortality that should not be underestimated.
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- V M McNamara
- Department of Paediatric Surgery, Clarendon Wing, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds LS2 9NS, UK
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Hasegawa T, Yamaguchi M, Yoshimura N, Oka S, Nishijima E, Tsugawa C. Vascular ring in an extremely low birth weight infant. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 51:688-91. [PMID: 14717428 DOI: 10.1007/s11748-003-0013-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Vascular rings due to aortic arch anomalies can be a major cause of tracheoesophageal obstruction in infants. But there is no report of vascular ring in an extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infant. This is a report of an infant with birth weight of 560 g, who has not diagnosed vascular ring until 6 months of age because of asymptomatic process by prolonged tracheal intubation. The patient was treated for double aortic arch with tracheomalacia surgically by simple division of the atretic left arch and the ligamentum arteriosus, aortopexy and tracheostomy before reaching full recovery at 3 years of age. We reported our management of vascular rings in the ELBW infant. This case suggested that the difficulty of extubation in ELBW infants in spite of the improvement of respiratory condition should raise a suspicion of the tracheal compression by other lesions such as vascular rings.
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- Tomomi Hasegawa
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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