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Expert Lectures

Pediatric Otolaryngology

Pediatric Open Airway: State of the Art

Sunday, September 29, 2024
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Location: MBCC, 225
CME/MOC Credit: 1
Disclosure(s):
Alessandro de Alarcon, MD:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Matthew M. Smith, MD, MPH, FACS:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Pediatric open airway surgery was popularized in the 1970s, utilizing laryngotracheoplasty to repair subglottic stenosis. Open airway surgery
continues to evolve, and this course seeks to familiarize the audience with patient selection for open vs endoscopic surgery, and pre-operative
evaluation and optimization. Specific operations to be discussed include laryngotracheal reconstruction, cricotracheal resection, slide
tracheoplasty, laryngeal cleft repair, and revision surgery. Specific pathologies discussed will include subglottic stenosis, transglottic stenosis,
tracheal stenosis, complete tracheal rings, laryngeal webs and subglottic hemangiomas. Both single stage and double stage techniques, as well
as differing stenting methods will also be discussed.
Each year we discuss a few specific pathologies, and rotate these each year.
This is a two part course and is also the companion course to "Pediatric Endoscopic Airway Surgery: State of the Art."

Learning Objectives:

  1. Understand the best candidates for open vs endoscopic airway reconstruction.
  2. Be able to describe pre-operative evaluation and patient optimization prior to open airway surgery.
  3. Be able to describe the risks, benefits, complications, and expected outcomes of specific techniques in pediatric open airway.

    Lead Presenter(s)

  • Alessandro de Alarcon, MD

    Professor
    Cincinnati Children's Hosp Med Ctr
    Cincinnati, OH, United States

    Disclosure(s):

    faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

    • Co-Presenter(s)

  • Matthew M. Smith, MD, MPH, FACS

    Associate Professor
    Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Cincinnati, OH, United States

    Disclosure(s):

    faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

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