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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;74:308-314
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
a Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
* Address reprint requests to Dr Wright, Blake 1570, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114 USA
e-mail: wright.cameron{at}mgh.harvard.edu
Presented at the Thirty-eighth Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Jan 28–30, 2002.
Background. Pediatric tracheal procedures are uncommon. We reviewed our experience to clarify management and results.
Methods. Retrospective single-institution review of pediatric tracheal operations, 1978 to 2001.
Results. One hundred sixteen children were evaluated, mean age 10.4 years (10 days to 18 years). Tracheal pathology was postintubation stenosis (n = 72; 62%), congenital stenosis (n = 23; 20%), neoplasm (n = 8; 7%), tracheomalacia (n = 7; 6%), and trauma (n = 6; 5%). Twenty-nine patients had previous tracheal operations. Thirty-six patients received only a minor procedure. Eighty patients had major operations: tracheal resection (n = 46; 58%), laryngotracheal resection (n = 22; 28%), slide tracheoplasty (n = 7; 9%), and carinal resection (n = 5; 6%). The mean length of airway resected was 3.3 cm (1.5 to 6 cm), which represented 30% of the entire trachea. Twenty-eight patients (35%) had complications. These included tracheomalacia (n = 3), recurrent nerve injury (n = 3), laryngeal edema requiring intubation (n = 2), stroke (n = 1), esophageal leak (n = 1), and lobar collapse (n = 1). Nineteen patients had anastomotic failure: severe restenosis (n = 6), mild restenosis (n = 9), dehiscence (n = 2), dehiscence with tracheoesophageal fistula (n = 1), and tracheoinnominate fistula (n = 1). Two children died (2.5%). Complications were more frequent in children less than 7 years of age (p = 0.05) and after previous operations (p = 0.02). Longer fractions of tracheal resection (> 30%) were more likely to result in anastomotic failure (p = 0.0005). Sixty-four (80%) patients achieved a stable airway free of any airway appliance. All patients with neoplasms are alive.
Conclusions. The principles of adult tracheal operations are directly applicable to children and usually lead to a stable, satisfactory airway. Children tolerate anastomotic tension less well than adults; resections more than 30% have a substantial failure rate.
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