Endoscopic surgical management of inspiratory stridor in newborns and infants

Symptomatic Lingual Thyroglossal Duct Cyst in Children: A Laryngomalacia Phenotype

“…10-14 Given the contents and superficial nature of vallecular cysts, endoscopic transoral marsupialization with varying techniques is an often-used approach with reports of good success and recurrence rates ranging from 0% up to 15%. 15,16…”

“…12,21 Nevertheless it is also important to acknowledge that other authors have described successful endoscopic marsupialization alone as a strategy for managing lingual TGDC and an alternative to the more aggressive procedure described herein. 11,15 Such a minimalistic approach is probably less likely to destabilize the larynx compared to a more definitive excision procedure, which removes the hyoid bone and involves transhyoid pharyngotomy. There are increasing reports of transoral robotic sistrunk procedures for lingual thyroglossal duct cysts.…”

“…[10][11][12][13][14] Given the contents and superficial nature of vallecular cysts, endoscopic transoral marsupialization with varying techniques is an often-used approach with reports of good success and recurrence rates ranging from 0% up to 15%. 15,16 Endoscopic transoral marsupialization of lingual TGDCs have been described with success; however, this technique is associated with a higher rate of recurrence. 11,17,18 When complete excision appears feasible endoscopically or directly, this approach has been shown to be successful for removal of lingual TGDCs.…”