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Early detection of laryngeal cleft in infants by novel technique of flexible endoscopy with sustained pharyngeal inflation
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  • Wen-Jue Soong,
  • Chia-Feng Yang,
  • Pei-Chen Tsao,
  • Yi-Hung Sung,
  • Yen-Hui Soong
Wen-Jue Soong
Children's Hospital, China Medical University

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Chia-Feng Yang
Taipei veterans general hospital
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Pei-Chen Tsao
Veteran general hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC)
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Yi-Hung Sung
Mackay Memorial Hospital
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Yen-Hui Soong
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
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Abstract

Objective: Report a novel technique of flexible endoscopy (FE) with noninvasive ventilation (NIV) and sustained pharyngeal inflation (FE-NIV-SPI) in assessing aeroesophageal tracts (AET) to facilitate early detect laryngeal clefts (LC). Methods: Medical charts and FE videos of the children who were diagnosed as LC in a tertiary care hospital between 2000 and 2020 were retrospectively reviewed and analyzed. FE-NIV-SPI technique was applied for all the reviewed children. Results: Of all the FE videos reviewed, twelve infants with laryngeal clefts were collected. This equates to a prevalence of 0.28% in all the children underwent FE at our institution. Their mean age was 5.0 ± 4.9 month-old and the mean body weight was 4.7 ± 2.3 kg. Nine (75%) infants were referred in without LC diagnosis, which was missed by 11 prior bronchoscopy and 5 computer tomography exams. With FE-NIV-SPI, the pharyngolaryngeal space could be pneumatically expanded and allowed detailed assessment. All LC types and coexisted AET lesions were visualized at the first FE-NIV-SPI examination with a mean time of 4.2 ± 0.9 minutes. They were eight type I, two type II and one type III. Ten (83.3%) infants coexisted airway malacia. Conclusion: Routinely using the FE-NIV-SPI technique can help detect the LC defect and associated AET lesions at the first assessment.
22 Oct 2021Submitted to Pediatric Pulmonology
23 Oct 2021Submission Checks Completed
23 Oct 2021Assigned to Editor
03 Nov 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
03 Feb 2022Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
22 Feb 2022Editorial Decision: Revise Major
07 Apr 20221st Revision Received
08 Apr 2022Submission Checks Completed
08 Apr 2022Assigned to Editor
08 Apr 2022Reviewer(s) Assigned
09 May 2022Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
20 May 2022Editorial Decision: Accept
02 Jun 2022Published in Pediatric Pulmonology. 10.1002/ppul.25988