Tracheobronchomalacia disorders present a considerable diagnostic challenge and workload to tertiary pediatrics. Bronchoscopy is the definitive way of confirming these diagnoses. Quantification of the ...
A new clinical trial will allow researchers to study 3D-printed bioresorbable devices aimed at treating children with rare and life-threatening airway condition tracheobronchomalacia. The trial, ...
Airway collapse encompasses a spectrum of conditions in which the structural integrity of the trachea and bronchi is compromised, leading to partial or complete collapse during expiration.
SAN DIEGO - April 30, 2018 - Robot-assisted tracheobronchoplasty (R-TBP) can be safely performed, and expands the treatment options for patients with tracheobronchomalacia, a complex, high-risk ...
Medical researchers printed a 3-D splint that saved the life of an infant born with severe tracheobronchomalacia, a birth defect that causes the airway to collapse. While similar surgeries have been ...
Imagine if every time you took a breath, your airway almost completely collapsed. For patients suffering from an elusive condition called tracheobronchomalacia (TBM), this sensation of struggling to ...
Evidence-based management data are lacking for primary malacia disorders. [135] This is due to a multiplicity of factors, some of which have been outlined previously, and because of the spectrum of ...