International Pediatric Otolaryngology Group: Consensus guidelines on the diagnosis and management of type I laryngeal clefts.

International Pediatric Otolaryngology Group: Consensus guidelines on the diagnosis and management of type I laryngeal clefts.

Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2017 Oct;101:51-56

Authors: Yeung JC, Balakrishnan K, Cheng ATL, Daniel SJ, Garabedian EN, Hart CK, Inglis AF, Leboulanger N, Liming BJ, Moreddu E, Nicollas R, Russell JD, Rutter MJ, Sidell DR, Spratley J, Soma M, Thierry B, Thompson DM, Triglia JM, Watters K, Wyatt M, Zalzal GH, Zur KB, Rahbar R

Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The diagnosis and management of type I laryngeal clefts can be controversial and varies across centers and surgeons. Using existing peer-reviewed literature to develop an expert-based consensus will help guide physicians in the treatment of these patients as well as develop research hypotheses to further study this condition.
OBJECTIVE: To provide recommendations for the diagnosis and management of type I laryngeal clefts.
METHODS: Determination of current expert- and literature-based recommendations, via a survey of the International Pediatric Otolaryngology Group, using a modified Delphi method.
SETTING: Multinational, multi-institutional, tertiary pediatric hospitals.
RESULTS: Consensus recommendations include diagnostic workup, medical management, pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative considerations for type I laryngeal clefts.
CONCLUSIONS: This guide on the diagnosis and management of patients with type I laryngeal clefts is aimed at improving patient care and promoting future hypothesis generation and research to validate the recommendations made here.

PMID: 28964310 [PubMed - in process]

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