A Successful Slide Cricotracheoplasty in Congenital Cricotracheal Stenosis

Abstract

【Slide tracheoplasty. as a treatment for congenital tracheal stenosis, has been recently reported to have good results and quite a number of advantages as compared with conventional tracheoplasties. The aim of this study is to report a new surgical technique modified from slide tracheoplasty. the slide for congenital cricotracheal stenosis. A girl was born by Cesarean section and diagnosis of esophageal atresia (Gross type C) and cricotracheal stenosis (30 % of total length of trachea) was established. Esophageal atresia was successfully corrected at 8th day of life. At 31st day of life, corrective surgery for congenital cricotracheal stenosis. slide cricotracheoplasty. was performed with success. Slide cricotracheoplasty is almost same procedure as slide tracheoplasty except for two technical features. First cricoid cartilage was split on its anterior surface. Second split cricoid cartilage was fixed to pre vertebral fascia to maintain enough space to accommodate sliding caudal segment of trachea because of stiffness of cricoid cartilage. We believe that sliding cricotracheoplasty is a new surgical technique for congenital cricotracheal stenosis that has similar results and advantages as sliding tracheoplasty.】