Aortopexy as treatment for tracheo-bronchomalacia in children: An 18-year single-center experience*

Objectives: To define the factors influencing the outcome of aortopexy as management of tracheo-bronchomalacia. Design: A retrospective, single-center, observational, cohort study. Settings: Surgical services in a tertiary care hospital. Patients: One hundred five children who underwent an aortopexy for tracheo-bronchomalacia between 1990 and 2008. Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: Comorbidity (categorized into three groups),...