Aortopexy and bronchopexy for the management of severe tracheomalacia and bronchomalacia

Tracheobronchomalacia And/or Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse? Report Of Two Cases And Application Of The Femos Classification

“…Also, the FDA has recently published an alert that metal stents not to be used in benign airway diseases (4). More invasive surgical interventions are generally considered only as experimental treatments (9).…”

The role of airway stenting in pediatric tracheobronchial obstruction☆

“…Filler et al reported an 80% failure rate in cases of TBM and isolated bronchomalacia [16]. Pexy operations can be done with other mediastinal vessels, such as the pulmonary arteries, or even with the trachea and main bronchi, but experience is short and information scarce [18,19].…”

Review of pediatric airway malacia and its management, with emphasis on stenting

“…With the continued growth and development of the airway, the condition especially in the trachea is often self-limiting, usually by the age of 3 years. However, bronchomalacia may not resolve as completely with growth [20].…”

“…Here, the left main bronchus is suspended to the ligamentum arteriosum [20,35]. This is certainly preferable to former methods such as a pneumonectomy.…”