Pediatric Laryngeal Surgery: Emerging Trends
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Otolaryngology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2025) | Viewed by 468
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
Interests: pediatric laryngology; otology; endoscopy; pediatric surgery; airway surgery; head and neck surgery
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Interests: pediatric laryngology; otology; endoscopy; pediatric surgery; airway surgery; head and neck surgery
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
2. Young-Otolaryngologists of the International Federations of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (YO-IFOS), Paris, France
Interests: thyroid gland disorders; laryngopharyngeal reflux
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pediatric airway anomalies encompass a wide range of congenital and acquired conditions, with severe cases requiring surgery. Airway surgery in children is complex, involving a multidisciplinary team of specialists, including ENT surgeons, pediatricians, cardiovascular surgeons, anesthesiologists, intensivists, pulmonologists, cardiologists, gastroenterologists, radiologists, and dedicated nurses. Increasingly, pediatric airway teams worldwide are focused on improving outcomes and reducing procedure invasiveness.
This Special Issue explores working as a multidisciplinary team and presents advances in treating various airway anomalies, including common conditions like post-intubation laryngotracheal stenosis, vocal cord palsy, and tracheomalacia, as well as rarer ones such as congenital tracheal stenosis and tracheo-esophageal fistula. The collection highlights endoscopic pre-operative assessments, classification systems, and conservative measures to prevent disease progression, avoiding tracheotomy or further surgeries. Emphasis is placed on endoscopic procedures that may replace invasive surgeries for some conditions, alongside key open procedures like laryngotracheal reconstruction.
Emerging topics such as percutaneous tracheostomy, tracheopexy for tracheomalacia, and new treatments for papillomatosis can also be discussed. Contributions will provide step-by-step descriptions, illustrations, and practical tips based on clinical experience. This comprehensive collection is aimed at surgeons and all professionals involved in pediatric airway management, offering up-to-date research and insights into this challenging field.
Dr. Michele Gaffuri
Dr. Lorenzo Maria Gaini
Dr. Maria Rosaria Barillari
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pediatric surgery
- endoscopy
- otolaryngology
- airway surgery
- laryngomalacia
- laryngeal web
- subglottic stenosis
- laryngeal papillomatosis
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