Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases
Congenital choanal atresia is the developmental failure of the posterior nasal cavity to communicate with the nasopharynx. In the obligate nasal breathing neonate, this is a well recognized cause of nasal obstruction although it is rarely encountered. The diagnosis can be strongly suspected clinica...
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| author | Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee Kamarudin, Norie Azilah Balwant Singh, Gendeh |
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| description | Congenital choanal atresia is the developmental failure of the posterior nasal cavity to communicate with the nasopharynx. In the obligate nasal breathing neonate, this is a well recognized cause of nasal obstruction although it is rarely encountered. The diagnosis can be strongly
suspected clinically but needs to be confirmed with flexible nasopharyngolaryngoscope or CT scanning. Currently transnasal endoscopic surgical repair is well accepted as surgical treatment. The surgical management of choanal atresia are disscussed further in details. |
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| spelling | iium-231032012-04-04T00:30:56Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/23103/ Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee Kamarudin, Norie Azilah Balwant Singh, Gendeh RF Otorhinolaryngology Congenital choanal atresia is the developmental failure of the posterior nasal cavity to communicate with the nasopharynx. In the obligate nasal breathing neonate, this is a well recognized cause of nasal obstruction although it is rarely encountered. The diagnosis can be strongly suspected clinically but needs to be confirmed with flexible nasopharyngolaryngoscope or CT scanning. Currently transnasal endoscopic surgical repair is well accepted as surgical treatment. The surgical management of choanal atresia are disscussed further in details. Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2005 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/23103/1/choanal.atresia.e-IMJM.2005.pdf Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee and Kamarudin, Norie Azilah and Balwant Singh, Gendeh (2005) Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases. International Medical Journal Malaysia, 4 (1). ISSN 1823-4631 http://www.eimjm.com/Vol4-No1/Vol4-No1-C1.htm |
| spellingShingle | RF Otorhinolaryngology Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee Kamarudin, Norie Azilah Balwant Singh, Gendeh Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases |
| title | Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases |
| title_full | Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases |
| title_fullStr | Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases |
| title_short | Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases |
| title_sort | transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases |
| topic | RF Otorhinolaryngology |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/23103/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23103/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23103/1/choanal.atresia.e-IMJM.2005.pdf |