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Tracheal agenesis: a rare disease with unique airway considerations
Manhal G Saleeby1, Mirjana Vustar, John Algren
1Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA.
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|June 24, 2003
Abstract
Implications:
Abnormal tracheal development causes a spectrum of life-threatening anomalies. We report a newborn with tracheal agenesis and a common "esophagotrachea." Ventilation was achieved first by face mask then with an endotracheal tube. In this report, we describe the types of tracheal agenesis and discuss initial airway management.