Related Conditions and Treatments
Aspiration in Children
Condition
Your child may aspirate when problems with swallowing causes liquids or food to enter your child’s lungs
Complete Tracheal Rings
Condition
Complete tracheal rings are a birth defect in the cartilage that supports a child’s airway. Learn more from Boston Children’s Hospital.
Dysphagia in Children
Condition
Dysphagia is a term that means “difficulty swallowing.” It is the inability of food or liquids to pass easily from your child’s mouth, into the throat, and through the esophagus to the stomach during the process of swallowing.
Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation for Swallowing (FEES)
Treatment
Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) is an important evaluation of your child’s ability to eat and swallow.
Learn more about Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation for Swallowing (FEES)
Laryngeal Cleft
Condition
A laryngeal cleft (or laryngotracheal cleft) is an abnormal opening between the larynx and the esophagus.
Laryngomalacia (Congenital Laryngeal Stridor)
Condition
Laryngomalacia (also known as laryngealmalacia) results from a birth defect in your child’s voice box (larynx). Learn more from Boston Children's Hospital.
Learn more about Laryngomalacia (Congenital Laryngeal Stridor)
Laryngotracheoplasty
Treatment
Laryngotracheoplasty is a surgery to expand and repair an airway using pieces of cartilage from your child’s ear, rib cage, or thyroid. Learn more from Boston Children’s Hospital.
Slide Tracheoplasty
Treatment
Our airway disorders team is highly experienced in Slide Tracheoplasty, a surgery to expand and repair a narrowed airway.
Subglottic Stenosis
Condition
Subglottic stenosis is a narrowing of the airway below the vocal cords and above the trachea.
Tracheal Stenosis
Condition
Tracheal stenosis is a constriction or narrowing of the cartilage that supports the windpipe (trachea).
Tracheomalacia
Condition
Tracheomalacia is the collapse of the airway when breathing.