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CO2-Lasertonsillotomy Under Local Anesthesia in Adults
Published on: November 6, 2019
[Laryngomalacia treated with CO2 laser]
Dalia Gustaityté Larsen1, Jette Scheby Berg, Peter Illum
1Regionshospitalet Viborg, Øre-, Naese- og Halsafdeling. daliagu1@gmail.com
Abstract:
Laryngomalacia is the most common laryngeal anomaly which causes inspiratory stridor in newborns. The disease is usually self-limiting and resolves before the age of two years. We present a case of severe laryngomalacia with feeding disorder and airway obstruction which needed surgical management--supraglottoplasty. The shortened aryepiglottic folds were incised using CO(2) laser and jet ventilation. The patient was observed at the hospital for one week after surgery and discharged. Four weeks after treatment, the patient was free of airway obstruction and feeding problems.
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