The management of a critical airway in @entity1 and toddlers with @entity9933 ( @entity9933 ) continues to be an enormous challenge to the surgeon. Until recently, this condition often proved fatal. Improvements in surgical techniques, anesthetic management, and postoperative critical care have resulted in successful outcomes in @entity1 not long ago considered untreatable. However, issues such as the best operative approach and the optimal perioperative management are still unresolved. The diagnosis of @entity9933 , often delayed, must be considered in any @entity1 with stridor, wheezing, @entity848 , or recurrent episodes of @entity55 . @entity154 are the rule, including frequently @entity455 and rarely pulmonary agenesis. These defects can be repaired with conventional ventilatory support under cardiopulmonary bypass, or using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). We report our experience in which ECMO was used to support two @entity1 with @entity9933 during the perioperative period. ECMO proved to be both safe and practical, allowing unrushed, precise repair of the @entity6184 and providing brief postoperative support. Perioperative outcomes were excellent, although one of our @entity1 died months after the repair. A review of the literature and our experience in which ECMO was used to provide cardiopulmonary support during repair of @entity9933 showed uniformly successful perioperative outcomes.

Perioperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for tracheal reconstruction in XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'patients', 'infants', 'infant'] @entity154 :: ('MESH:D000013', 'Disease') :: ['Associated anomalies'] @entity455 :: ('MESH:D014652', 'Disease') :: ['vascular rings'] @entity55 :: ('MESH:D011014', 'Disease') :: ['pneumonia'] @entity6184 :: ('MESH:D014135', 'Disease') :: ['tracheal stenosis'] @entity9933 :: ('MESH:C536975', 'Disease') :: ['CTS', 'congenital tracheal stenosis'] @entity848 :: ('MESH:D003490', 'Disease') :: ['cyanosis']
@entity9933 :: (MESH:C536975,Disease) :: ['congenital tracheal stenosis']
