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Condition

Aspiration

Your child may aspirate when problems with swallowing causes liquids or food to enter your child’s lungs

Treatment

Bronchoscopy

Bronchoscopy is a procedure that allows your doctor to examine your child’s throat, larynx, trachea, and lower airways through a tool called a bronchoscope.

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Condition

Complete Tracheal Rings

Complete tracheal rings are a birth defect in the cartilage that supports a child’s airway.

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Condition

Dysphagia

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...

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Treatment

Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing

Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) is an important evaluation of your child’s ability to eat and swallow.

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Condition

Laryngeal Cleft

A laryngeal cleft (or laryngotracheal cleft) is an abnormal opening between the larynx and the esophagus.

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Condition

Laryngomalacia

Laryngomalacia (or laryngealmalacia) results from a birth defect in your child’s voice box (larynx).

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Treatment

Laryngotracheoplasty

Laryngotracheoplasty is a surgery to expand and repair an airway using pieces of cartilage from your child’s ear, rib cage, or thyroid.

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Treatment

Slide Tracheoplasty

Our airway disorders team is highly experienced in Slide Tracheoplasty, a surgery to expand and repair a narrowed airway.

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Condition

Subglottic Hemangioma

A subglottic hemangioma is a large mass of blood vessels in the airway, typically below the vocal chords.

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Condition

Subglottic Stenosis

Subglottic stenosis is a narrowing of the airway below the vocal cords and above the trachea.

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Condition

Tracheal Stenosis

Tracheal stenosis is a constriction or narrowing of the cartilage that supports the windpipe (trachea).

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Condition

Tracheomalacia

Tracheomalacia is the collapse of the airway when breathing.

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