Cricotracheal Resection for Subglottic Stenosis: Zakary’s Story
The team at the Center for Pediatric Airway Disorders gave Zakary what he’d never before had: a fully functioning airway.
Our coordinated approach to care, bridging many specialties at CHOP, makes it possible to meet the complex needs of children who come to us for care.
The team at the Center for Pediatric Airway Disorders gave Zakary what he’d never before had: a fully functioning airway.
Paralyzed vocal cords required a trach that kept Maxwell out of the water. Surgery at CHOP allowed him to dive in the waves.
The team from CHOP’s Center for Pediatric Airway Disorders gave Mason what his parents had been told was impossible: breathing without a tracheostomy tube.
Thanks to an experimental airway tumor treatment she received at CHOP, Hannah can talk now with her friends — really talk — because all the tumors are gone.
The Pediatric Voice Program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia helped Kayla strengthen her voice, and she’s putting it to good use: promoting her own book.
Steven came in to the world facing more challenges than most people face in a lifetime, but after 35 medical procedures and 12 major surgeries by CHOP specialists, the 12-year-old is thriving.
After living with vocal cord paralysis for six years after a tumor was removed, Michael and his family found CHOP's Center for Pediatric Airway Disorders and laryngeal nerve reinnervation, a procedure that would give him his voice back.
Paige was diagnosed with severe tracheal stenosis, a narrowing of the trachea. The only way to widen her airway was with a major surgery. But with only one lung, it would be incredibly risky.
Diagnosed with bilateral vocal cord paralysis as a baby, Lailani was unable to breathe on her own until age nine. That's when her sought treatment at CHOP’s Center for Pediatric Airway Disorders.
Born prematurely and with many congenital abnormalities, Shaika traveled from the United Arab Emirates to Children's Hospital for care and treatment.