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Cryocauterization in the treatment of subglottic hemangioma in infants
Author(s) -
Jokinen Kalevi,
Palva Antti,
Kärjä Juhani
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198101000-00011
Subject(s) - cryotherapy , medicine , hemangioma , infantile hemangioma , surgery , pediatrics
Cryocauterization seems to be an effective method of treating the subglottic hemangioma of infants. A series of five patients is presented. Cryotherapy, at temperatures of —40°C or —70°C for 60 or 30 seconds respectively, was given at intervals of 2 weeks, 3‐6 sessions being required. During this time the child usually had to remain tracheos‐tomized. No therapeutic or late complications were recorded. The patients have been followed up from 8 to 3 1/2 years, and none of them have shown disturbances of laryngeal development or predisposition to stricture.