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Slide Tracheoplasty as a Rescue Technique After Unsuccessful Patch Tracheoplasty

^a Cardiothoracic Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children National Health Service Trust, London, United Kingdom
^b Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
^c Airway Endoscopic Surgery Unit, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
^d Pediatrics Department, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Accepted for publication January 9, 2009.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Elliott, The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, Great Ormond St, London, WC1N 3H, United Kingdom (Email: elliom1{at}gosh.nhs.uk).

Long-segment tracheal stenosis with complete tracheal rings is a severe and life-threatening problem in small children. Slide tracheoplasty has largely become the treatment of choice for these patients [1–4]. Its use after the failure of other techniques has not been previously reported. We describe a 3-year-old child who underwent a rescue slide tracheoplasty for re-stenosis after initial patch tracheoplasty for long-segment tracheal stenosis and pulmonary artery sling.