Carden Kelly A, Boiselle Philip M, Waltz David A, Ernst Armin
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02446, USA.
Chest. 2005 Mar;127(3):984-1005. doi: 10.1378/chest.127.3.984.
Tracheomalacia and tracheobronchomalacia are disorders that are encountered in both pediatric and adult medicine. Despite increasing recognition of these disease processes, there remains some uncertainty regarding their identification, causes, and treatment. This article is intended to be a comprehensive review of both the adult and pediatric forms of the diseases, and includes sections on the historical aspects of the disorders, and their classification, associated conditions, histopathology, and natural history. We also review the various modalities that are used for diagnosis as well as the state of the art of treatment, including airway stent placement and surgical intervention.
气管软化症和气管支气管软化症是儿科和成人医学中都会遇到的病症。尽管对这些疾病过程的认识不断提高，但在其识别、病因和治疗方面仍存在一些不确定性。本文旨在对该疾病的成人和儿科形式进行全面综述，包括疾病的历史方面、分类、相关病症、组织病理学和自然史等章节。我们还将回顾用于诊断的各种方法以及治疗的最新技术，包括气道支架置入和手术干预。
