Subglottic stenosis of the larynx in the infant and child. Methods of management

Abstract

This presentation is a ten-year retrospective study on all patients with proven subglottic stenosis admitted to the Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. Some of these patients have required no treatment, others one or two dilatations of the stenosis only; others tracheotomy only; some tracheotomy plus dilatations; some the Fearon-Cotton operation, and a few who had very extensive stenosis of the larynx and trachea, extensive reparative surgery. In this presentation, the authors describe the different types of management, and the results of treatment are assessed and compared.