Changes in Breathing Patterns after Surgery in Severe Laryngomalacia

Supra-glottoplasty, as already described in several studies, is a safe and efficient procedure to treat severe laryngomalacia during infancy. The improvement in breathing patterns after surgery was reliably confirmed by a lung function test in our study, which showed the diagnostic value of testing respiratory functionality in the laryngomalacia and comparing them to clinical and endoscopic data. Moreover, considering the results obtained, we also propose the use of this available, dependable test to verify its therapeutic effects (post-surgery) and to monitor future respiratory development in these infants. Moreover, we believe that further studies will provide detailed grading guidelines for gravity of the LM, based on these functional lung tests

Airway · Anesthesia · Apnea · Breathing · Heart rate · Laryngomalacia · Polysomnography · Pulmonary function testing · Respiratory Rate · Retrospective cohort study · Stridor · Tertiary referral hospital · Tracheomalacia · Dysphagia Assessment and Management · Medicine · Tracheal and airway disorders · Voice and Speech Disorders · Internal Medicine · Surgery