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  • Title: [Severe laryngomalacia in children can be treated with laser assisted surgery].
    Author: Meyer LC, Godballe C.
    Journal: Ugeskr Laeger; 2012 Feb 06; 174(6):353-4. PubMed ID: 22310008.
    Abstract:
    Laryngomalacia is the most common cause for congenital stridor. The stridor is caused by collapse of supraglottic structures during inspiration. Two severe cases treated with laser-assisted supraglottoplasty are presented. Our cases as well as the literature describe good effect of the treatment with only few complications. However since laryngomalacia usually it is a benign condition, which in most cases resolves spontaneously within the first two years of the patients life, this treatment should only be used in severe cases, where the alternative treatment would be tracheotomia.
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