Effects of supramaximal balloon dilatation pressures on adult cricoid and tracheal cartilage: A cadaveric study.

Objectives/hypothesis: Cricoid fracture is a serious concern for balloon dilatation in airway stenosis. Furthermore, there are no studies examining tracheal rupture in balloon dilatation of stenotic segments. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of supramaximal pressures of balloons on the cricoid and tracheal rings.

Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in children: mechanism, source, and management.

Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OPD) is a challenging and relatively common condition in children. Both developmentally normal and delayed children may be affected. The etiology of OPD is frequently multifactorial with neurologic, inflammatory, and anatomic conditions contributing to discoordination of the pharyngeal phase of swallowing.

Supraglottoplasty outcomes in neurologically affected and syndromic children.

Importance: Supraglottoplasty (SGP) failure is frequently attributed to coexistent medical comorbidities, but studies specifically evaluating outcomes in these populations are lacking.

Objective: To assess SGP outcomes in patients with neurologic and syndromic comorbidities and severe laryngomalacia (LM).

Design, Setting, And Participants: Case series with retrospective review of medical records of 54 patients with neurologic and/or syndromic comorbidity and severe LM who underwent SGP between 2004 and 2012 at a tertiary care pediatric institution.

Supraglottoplasty in premature infants with laryngomalacia: does gestation age at birth influence outcomes?

Purpose: Prematurity is thought to be to be an independent risk factor for supraglottoplasty (SGP) failure. The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of supraglottoplasty in premature infants with congenital laryngomalacia (LM) with that of term infants.

Study Design: Case series with chart review.

Intralesional cidofovir as adjuvant for the successful management of aggressive respiratory papillomatosis in an infant.

Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) in young children is frequently characterized by a recalcitrant course and need for multiple surgeries. Periodic surgical debulking and ablation is the mainstay of therapy as a cure for RRP rarely occurs. Benefits of adjuvant treatment with local injection of cidofovir in aggressive cases of RRP have been reported in both children and adults.