Abstract
BackgroundCongenital airway malformations affect the quality of life and increase the family burden. The care of children who have these lesions requires considerable expenditures of time and other resources within a tertiary care center.AimThis work aims to determine the incidence of congenital airway malformations in children with airway-related manifestations detected by flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy at the bronchoscopy unit of Alexandria University Children Hospital during the period from 1st of January 2019 to 31st of December 2019.Patients and methodsThis retrospective study includes symptomatic children who underwent flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy from 1st of January 2019 to 31st of December 2019.ResultsThe incidence of congenital airway malformations in the studied population was 32%. The mean age of patients at time of diagnosis was 7 months and the most common congenital anomaly was laryngomalacia.ConclusionWe concluded that congenital airway malformations are not uncommon in newborns and their early detection can be beneficial for optimum management.
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