The stridor resolved at an average age of 7.6 months of age in patients with laryngomalacia managed without surgery. A young age at presentation and emergent evaluation in the hospital are associated with a higher degree of symptom severity and a higher rate of surgical intervention.
Surgical intervention was necessary to treat laryngomalacia in 4.2% of patients in this study population.
2012-02-08
Eng.
The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2012 Jan;121(1):57-60
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