Thoracoscopic Aortopexy for Treatment of Tracheomalacia in Infants and Children

Aortopexy is an established treatment method for severe tracheomalacia. It can be performed by thoracotomy or thoracoscopically. The purpose of this study is to review our experience with thoracoscopic aortopexy.Thoracoscopic aortopexy was performed for treatment of tracheomalacia in five patients. A left-sided approach with three ports was used. The aorta was sutured to the sternum with a series of transversely oriented simple interrupted...