P44 Posterior Tracheopexy in Severe Tracheobronchomalacia in Children

Tracheomalacia is a segmental or diffuse weakness of the trachea. If the main stem bronchi are involved, the term tracheobronchomalacia is used. At present, there is no structured approach for the assessment of paediatric tracheobronchomalacia. Surgically, it is a challenging substrate to deal with. Long term ventilation and tracheostomy is not the preferred approach due to obvious morbidity associated. Stent placement has issues with migration while aortopexy does not sort out posterior tracheal intrusion. Posterior Tracheopexy as primary intervention for severe tracheobronchomalacia was done for the first time in Australia, to the best of our knowledge.