ISSN Print 2500–1094
ISSN Online 2542–1204
BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF PIROGOV UNIVERSITY (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Transnasal Endoscopic Surgery of Congenital Choanal Atresia in Children
About authors
Department of Otolaryngology, Pediatric Faculty,
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Elena Kotova
Leninskiy prospekt, d. 117, Moscow, Russia, 117997; ur.xednay@avotokne
Received: 2015-04-07
Accepted: 2015-04-22
Published online: 2017-01-05
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The article presents the literature and own data on the diagnosis and methods of surgical intervention for congenital choanal atresia in children. It is described, the method of endoscopic transnasal choanotomy, applied by the authors. A new variant of the stent used for the formation of choanal stoma in the postoperative period with the aim of increasing the effectiveness of surgical intervention and prevention of restenozation is suggested.