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  • Title: [Transoral treatment of severe laryngomalacia. Review and presentation of a modified surgical technique].
    Author: Werner JA, Lippert BM, Ankermann T.
    Journal: Laryngorhinootologie; 2000 Jul; 79(7):416-22. PubMed ID: 11005095.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Laryngomalacia is the most common cause of stridor in children. So far various authors have described surgical techniques in a sense of a supraglottoplasty or an epiglottoplasty to handle the severe form of this disease. We present a modified technique of the so called epiglottopexy. METHODS: Under the different types of laryngomalacia this study focuses on the treatment of three patients (5 to 10 months) with a posterior displacement of the epiglottis during inspiration. The first step of our technique was to denude a small portion of the base of the tongue from mucosa. A corresponding lesion was created on the lingual surface of the epiglottis. The vaporisation of the mucosa was performed with the CO2 laser at a power setting of 1 Watt and a 0.25 mm spot size. The epiglottis was then fixed transorally to the base of the tongue with 2 single stitch sutures and 1 inverse mattress suture, using a resorbable material. RESULTS: No intra- or postoperative complications were observed. All three patients demonstrated a significant airway improvement without stridor. CONCLUSION: The presented technique of transoral laser surgical epiglottopexy seems to be a method suitable for the treatment of laryngomalacia caused by posterior displacement of the epiglottis.
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