Neonatal Tracheal and Intracardiac Repair in a High-Risk Premature Infant Requiring Preoperative ECMO Transport. Issue 3 (May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Martin, Billie-Jean; Holinski, Paula; Noga, Michelle; El-Hakim, Hamdy; Aklabi, Mohammed Al
• Is Part Of: World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. Volume 10:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 380
• Page End: 383
• Publication Date: 2019-05
• Subjects: airway -- ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) -- neonate -- prematurity -- tracheal stenosis; Pediatric cardiology -- Periodicals; Congenital heart disease in children -- Periodicals; Heart -- Abnormalities -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Heart -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Heart Defects, Congenital -- surgery -- Periodicals; Cardiac Surgical Procedures -- Periodicals; Child -- Periodicals; Adult -- Periodicals; 618.9212
• DOI: 10.1177/2150135117696490
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2150-1351

Abstract

Congenital tracheal stenosis is an uncommon malformation that portends a poor outcome in children who are symptomatic in the neonatal period. Over time, the management of significant tracheal disease has been consolidated at high-volume centers, and increasingly complex patients have undergone surgical repair. We present a premature newborn boy who was diagnosed with critical multi-level airway and cardiac disease who decompensated at a remote site, requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for transport. He underwent a complete repair including a slide tracheoplasty and was successfully discharged home, with no residual stenosis at follow-up.