Evaluation of epiglottoplasty as treatment for severe laryngomalacia

Objective assessment of supraglottoplasty outcomes using polysomnography

“…When compared with previously published series where surgical intervention was required for laryngomalacia, our patient group were significantly younger than previous studies have reported. Other authors have recorded mean ages at presentation of wide variation: from 38.3 months to 27 months in one study and 10.3 months in another series [12,5]. More recently however authors have reported younger mean ages at presentation of: 6.8 months and 4 months, respectively [6,7].…”

Treatment outcomes of supraglottoplasty for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea: A meta-analysis

“…Characteristics of excluded studies and reasons of exclusion were listed in Supporting Table 2. Briefly, in Marcus's study, most patients required sedation for PSG, which may confound the result [43]. The study by Golz et al is removed since it does not have post-operative PSG data [44].…”

CO2 laser supraglottoplasty for severe laryngomalacia: A study of symptomatic improvement

“…Historically, the surgical management of laryngomalacia has been tracheotomy [8,9], or hyomandibulopexy [10]. However, both of these procedures are associated with high morbidity and longer ICU duration.…”