Impact of preoperative respiratory distress on outcomes of slide tracheoplasty.
Kien Trung NguyenAnh Thi Van NguyenVinh Quang TranYen Thi NguyenChuong Thanh LeThuc Van DangTae-Gook JunTruong Ly Thinh NguyenPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2024)
Preoperative respiratory distress negatively affected the outcomes of patients who required slide tracheoplasty. Therefore, early detection of congenital tracheal stenosis and aggressive slide tracheoplasty are crucial and obligatory to enhance long-term survival in this lethal congenital airway disease.