Balloon dilatation for paediatric airway stenosis: Evidence from the UK Airway Intervention Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the safety and efficacy in routine clinical practice of balloon dilatation procedures in the treatment of paediatric airway stenosis.

Design

Observational data collection in prospective online research database.

Setting

Acute NHS Trusts with ENT department undertaking complex paediatric airway work.

Participants

Children (<18) undergoing balloon dilatation treatment for airway stenosis.

Main outcome measures

Airway diameter, complications, hospital resource usage.

Results

Fifty-nine patients had 133 balloon procedures during 128 visits to 10 hospitals. Sixty-nine (52%) of balloon procedures were conducted with a tracheostomy. Intra-operative Cotton-Myer grade decreased in 43 (57%). The mean pre-balloon subglottic diameter was

SUBMITTER: Powell S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7317836 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature