Results of partial laryngectomy for benign neural tumors of the larynx in children.

The objective of this study was to assess the long-term results of partial laryngectomy for benign neural tumors of the larynx. We reviewed 8 patients with laryngeal involvement -- 7 with neurofibromatosis and 1 without -- treated between 1980 and 1994. The mean age was 6.

Nasal fossa malformations and paramedian facial cleft: new perspectives.

Choanal atresia may be associated with other cranio-facial malformations, including various degrees of nasal fossa malformation, and may be a part of paramedian facial clefts (as described by Tessier et al. [1977]). We identified five such cases with combined clinical elements corresponding to Tessier's paramedian facial cleft, including eyelid coloboma, mild to severe choanal and nasal fossa anomalies, ethmoidal hypoplasia and anterior skull base malformation, sometimes with proboscis lateralis and half-nose hypoplasia.

Fourth branchial pouch anomalies: a study of six cases and review of the literature.

A retrospective study in the ENT departments of the Timone Children's Hospital in Marseille and the Armand Trousseau Hospital in Paris and a review of the literature was performed in order to update knowledge about fourth branchial pouch anomalies. Over the 12-year period studied, a total of six children were treated: three boys and three girls. The lesions were located on the left side in all cases and infection was the most common manifestation.

Posterior laryngeal clefts: preliminary report of a new surgical procedure using tibial periosteum as an interposition graft.

Objective: To present the preliminary results of a new surgical procedure for posterior laryngeal cleft repair.

Design: Retrospective study in an academic tertiary care center.

Method: The study included three male patients (age at surgery, 2, 13, and 14 mo).

First branchial cleft anomalies: a study of 39 cases and a review of the literature.

Objectives: To identify the clinical and anatomical presentations and to discuss the guidelines for surgical management of anomalies of the first branchial cleft.

Design: Retrospective study.

Setting: Three tertiary care centers.