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- The text reviews recent advancements in diagnosing and treating laryngeal and laryngotracheoesophageal clefts, which can lead to serious respiratory and feeding issues in infants and children.
- It highlights common symptoms like stridor, chronic cough, and aspiration while noting that these clefts can occur alone or as part of various syndromes or with other birth defects.
- The findings indicate that Type I clefts can often be treated with medical or surgical methods depending on severity, while Types II, III, and IV typically require more invasive surgical interventions to prevent ongoing health problems.
Article Abstract
Objectives: Review the latest diagnostic and treatment modalities for laryngeal and laryngotracheoesophageal clefts as they can be a major cause of respiratory and feeding morbidity in the infant and pediatric population.
Methods: Literature review of published reports.
Results: The presentation of laryngeal cleft usually involves respiratory symptoms, such as stridor, chronic cough, aspiration, and recurrent respiratory infections. Clefts of the larynx and trachea/esophagus can occur in isolation, as part of a syndrome (Opitz-Frias, VATER/VACTERL, Pallister Hall, CHARGE), or with other associated malformations (gastrointestinal, genitourinary, cardiac, craniofacial). This publication reviews the presenting signs/symptoms, diagnostic options, prognosis, and treatment considerations based on over a decade of experience of the senior author with laryngeal clefts.
Conclusions: Type I laryngeal clefts can be managed medically or surgically depending on the degree of morbidity. Types II, III, and IV require endoscopic or open surgery to avoid chronic respiratory and feeding complications.
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