Congenital laryngo-tracheo-esophageal clefts: updates from a quaternary care pediatric airway unit.

Purpose: To review the operative techniques, outcomes, and complications following surgery in pediatric patients with laryngo-tracheo-esophageal clefts (LTEC). We describe a new combined approach to treat long LTECs.

Methods: Twenty-five patients underwent surgical repair for LTEC from March 2012 to July 2022 at our hospital.

Moderate grade subglottic stenosis in children: Laryngotracheal reconstruction versus cricotracheal resection and anastomosis.

Objective: The surgical treatment of choice of pediatric moderate subglottic stenosis (major grade II and minor grade III SGS or 60-80% lumen obstruction) remains controversial. Laryngotracheal reconstruction (LTR) (with anterior ± posterior grafts for airway expansion) and partial crico-tracheal resection (PCTR) are the mainly described open surgical techniques. We reviewed our pediatric cases with moderate subglottic stenosis to determine the efficacy of LTR versus PCTR.

[COVID-related ENT affections: acute management and issues of rehabilitation strategy].

The ENT specialist manages patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection in the acute phase as well as in the long-term sequelae. Acute management includes evaluation of patients with prolonged orotracheal intubation, surgical tracheostomies and monitoring of their weaning as well as airway assessment. Long-term sequelae include olfactory disorders, upper airway damage, laryngeal damage and their functional consequences : dyspnea, dysphonia and dysphagia.

[MMR vaccination at UNIL and EPFL : Lausanne medical students get involved].

In recent years, several cases of measles have appeared on the campuses of the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). In response to this, several medical students have mobilized in collaboration with various cantonal authorities in order to set up a free measles, mumps and rubella vaccination campaign on the UNIL/EPFL campuses, in 2019. This first edition was a success and will be repeated in the future.

[Racism and the practice of medicine : elements for a required learning].

The new catalogue of objectives for medical education at Swiss universities (PROFILES) underlines the importance of teaching the impact of ethnic, cultural, spiritual and religious differences and the socio-economic determinants of health and illness on health and care. At the same time, the social reality of the moment reminds us that racism is still present in our societies. Therefore, education for medical students is necessary.