Tracheal Agenesis Reconstruction with External Esophageal Stenting: Postoperative Results and Complications.
10.5090/kjtcs.2015.48.6.439
- Author:
Byung Jo PARK
1
;
Min Soo KIM
;
Ji Hyuk YANG
;
Tae Gook JUN
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea. tgjunsmc@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Tracheal agenesis;
External esophageal stenting;
Trachea;
Tracheal surgery;
Congenital anomalies
- MeSH:
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities;
Humans;
Infant;
Respiration, Artificial;
Stents*;
Trachea;
Ventilators, Mechanical
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2015;48(6):439-442
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Tracheal agenesis is an extremely rare and typically lethal congenital disorder. Approximately 150 cases have been described since 1900, and very few cases of survival have been reported. We describe tracheal reconstruction with external esophageal stenting in a patient with Floyd's type II tracheal agenesis. Neither long-term survival nor survival without mechanical ventilation for even a single day has previously been reported in patients with Floyd's type II tracheal agenesis. The infant in the present case survived for almost a year and breathed without a ventilator for approximately 50 days after airway reconstruction using external supportive stents.
