What is the Treatment for Tracheal Stenosis?
Treatment for tracheal stenosis depends on the severity of your child’s symptoms.
Mild Symptoms
If symptoms are mild, your child may simply need to see the doctor on a regular basis.
Moderate to Severe Symptoms
For moderate or severe symptoms, your child may need surgery to make the airway larger. This will help your child breathe more easily.
In some cases, your doctor may want to do a surgical procedure called a tracheotomy. In this procedure, an opening is made below the level of airway narrowing. This makes it easier for your child to breathe.
Other possible surgical treatments include:
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Endoscopic surgery, including balloon dilation of the airway.
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Cricotracheal resection, which is a surgery to remove the narrow portion of the trachea and reattach the healthy ends of the trachea. This surgery may be done in a single stage or multiple steps.
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Slide tracheoplasty, which is a surgery where the trachea is opened in front and back. It is then slid up on itself and reconnected. This makes the trachea shorter, but much wider.