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Here we present a 6-year-old girl with sleep-variant laryngomalacia treated successfully with endoscopic epiglottopexy and supraglottoplasty.
Johanna L. Wickemeyer, MD1
Sarah E. Maurrasse, MD2,3
Douglas R. Johnston, MD, FACS2,3
Dana M. Thompson, MD, MS, FACS2,3
1Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, University of Illinois—Chicago, 1855 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612
2Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, 225 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
3Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 420 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611
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2. Richter GT, Rutter MJ, deAlarcon A, Orvidas LJ, Thompson DM. Late-onset laryngomalacia: a variant of disease. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008 Jan;134(1):75-80.
3. Olney DR, Greinwald JH, Smith RJ, Bauman NM. Laryngomalacia and its treatment. Laryngoscope. 1999 Nov;109(11):1770-5.
4. McCray PB, Crockett DM, Wagener JS, Thies DJ. Hypoxia and hypercapnia in infants with mild laryngomalacia. Am J Dis Child. 1988 Aug;142(8):896-9.
5. Lanier B, Richardson MA, Cummings C. Effect of hypoxia on laryngeal reflex apnea: implications for sudden infant death. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1983;91 (6) 597- 604
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