Abdumanap Alkhasov, Sergey Ratnikov, Alexandr Lezhnev, Aleksandr Razumovskiy, Irina Sergeeva, Sergey Kuzin, Elena Komina, Aleksey Gusev, Sergey Yatzik, Ekaterina Romanova, Maria Savelieva, Andrey Fisenko
INTRODUCTION: Complete tracheal rings are a rare malformation that occurs in 1 out of 100,000 live births. It is rare, isolated tracheal or tracheobronchial anomaly developed due to abnormal cartilage growth with formation of complete ring and often resulting in airway stenosis. Slide tracheoplasty, as it was originally described by Tsang et al. and popularized by Grillo et al., overlaps stenotic segments of trachea, shortening trachea itself, thus, doubling the circumference and diameter of the stenotic area...
April 2023: Journal of Pediatric Surgery