Background/Aim:
Laryngotracheoesophageal cleft(LTEC) is an uncommon congenital anomaly with high
mortality. Herein, we aimed to present a case of LTECassociated with esophageal
atresia(EA) and tracheoesophageal fistula(TEF).
Case: The patient who
had polyhydroamnios during his antenatal follow-up was born at 34 gestational week.
Postnatally, he was suffered from respiratorydistress and due to failure to pass
orogastric tube he was undertaken upper pouch contrast study. Radiological
findings suggested proximal esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula,
and thepatient referred to our center. The patient was operated on at two days of
age and primary esophegeal repair with tracheoesophageal fistül ligation was
done. Postoperatively, because of failure to extubation of patient, broncoscopy
and esophagoscopy were done. LTEC(type3) and recurrent TEF were detected.
Delayed LTEC repair was planned andthen tracheostomy, gastrostomy and jejunostomy were
carried out. During follow-up, interim evaluations were
performed with broncoscopy and esophagoscopy and it was operated on when thepatient
was oneyear old. The anterior laryngotracheotomy
approach showed that the cleft was reaching 2,5cm distal to vocal cord, TEF was
seen 1cm distal to the cleft. Primary LTEC repair and secondary TEF repair were
applied by using a pericondrial greft. In the first postoperative broncoscopy,
repaired cleft site was seen as healthy, after that the patient decanulated and
jejunostomy tube was pulled out. However, due to increase in oral secretion and
symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux, second broncoscopy was performed and
recurrent TEF were seen, then the patient underwent fundoplication. Recently,without
any respiratory distress symptom, he is feeding via G tube at home and waiting
re-do TEF repair. Also, because of hydrocephaly, ventriculo-peritoneal shunt
was inserted to the patient.
Conclusion: LTEC is serious malformation that shouldbe managed with
multidisciplinary aproach. Nevertheless,complications can ocur related to both
accompanied pathological conditions and primary anomaly at pre/postoperative
period. These conditions may result in multiple recurrent surgical procedures.
Keywords:
Önbilgi/Amaç: Laringo-trakeo-özofageal
kleft (LTÖK)
yüksek mortalite riski olan ve nadir görülen bir doğumsal anomalidir. Burada
özofagus atrezisi ve trakeoözefgaeal fistül ile birliktelik gösteren bir LTÖK
olgusunun sunulması amaçlanmıştır.
Olgu: Antenatal
takiplerinde polihidroamnios saptanan olgu 34 haftalık olarak doğmuş. Postnatal
solunum distresi gelişen olguya orogastrik sonda ilerletilememesi nedeniyle
çekilen üst poş grafisi bulgularına göre proksimal özofagus atrezisi ve distal
trakeoözofageal (TÖF) fistül tanısı konulan hasta merkezimize sevk edilmiş. İki
günlükken ameliyat edilen hastaya primer özofagus onarımı ve trakeoözofageal
fistül ligasyonu yapıldı. Postoperatif
dönemde ekstübe edilemeyen hastaya özofagoskopi ve bronkoskopi yapıldı. LTÖK
(tip 3) ile birlikte rekürran TÖF saptandı. Geciktirilmiş LTÖK onarımı
planlanarak olguya trakeostomi, gastrostomi ve jejunostomi yapıldı. İzlemde bronkoskopi ve özofagoskopi ile ara
değerlendirmeleri gerçekleştirildi ve bir yaşında ameliyat edildi. Anterior
laringo-trakeotomi yaklaşımı ile yapılan değerlendirmede kleftin vokal kordun
Sonuç: LTÖK, multidisipliner yaklaşımla tedavi planlaması gerektiren
ciddi bir malformasyondur. Buna rağmen, pre/postoperatif dönemde, hem eşlik
eden patolojik durumlara hem de primer anomaliye bağlı komplikasyonlar
gelişebilir. Bunlar tekrarlayan cerrahi girişimlerin yapılması ile
sonuçlanabilmektedir.
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