Modi Vikash K
Pediatric Otolaryngology, Department of Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, 428 East 72nd Street, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Adv Otorhinolaryngol. 2012;73:116-22. doi: 10.1159/000334463. Epub 2012 Mar 29.
Bilateral vocal fold immobility (BVFI) can be divided into bilateral vocal fold paralysis and cricoarytenoid joint fixation, which can be accompanied with laryngeal stenosis. In children with BVFI, requiring a tracheostomy, the authors preference, to achieve decannulation, is to perform an endoscopic posterior cricoid split with rib grafting after the age of 1.