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Foley's catheter dilatation in the management of choanal atresia: A prospective non-randomized case-series

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Pediatric Otolaryngology

Abstract

Background: Choanal atresia treatment is by operative opening of the choana using a transnasal or transpalatal approaches. The main goals of the surgery are creating a satisfactory opening and guarding against restenosis. Many surgeons use stents aiming to prevent or minimize restenosis. Searching for a feasible method decreasing the incidence of restenosis and abolishing the need for stents; we thought of Foley's catheters' dilatation during and after the surgical correction of the atresia.  Patients and Methods: A non - randomized prospective single-blinded case series study. After finishing the bony and soft tissue work, we applied Foley's catheter (size 12 Fr) in the new opening, inflated with normal saline to its maximum capacity for 3 minutes, deflated for one minute then re-inflated for another 3 minutes. No packs or stents were placed. In the follow up visits and under endoscopic vision, the surgical opening was routinely dilated with 12 or 14 FR Foley's catheters.   Results: Fourteen infants were included with age ranging from 3 to 11 days (mean 6.14). Twelve cases (85.7%) showed criteria of success at the end of the follow up period. Two cases (14.3%) needed revision surgery at ages of 4 and 6 months. They had considerable granulations that were refractory to balloon dilatation and conservative treatment and led to considerable stenosis.  Conclusion: Using Foley's catheters is a feasible, effective, safe and cheap alternative for dilatation of the new choanae in choanal atresia repair. It eliminates the need for stenting and may be a satisfactory alternative for other maneuvers.

DOI

10.21608/ejentas.2020.24027.1174

Keywords

atresia, choanal, dilatation, foley, Stents

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Abdelghany

MiddleName

Mohammed

Affiliation

Benha Faculty of Medicine

Email

ahmedent@gmail.com

City

Benha

Orcid

0000-0003-4781-4661

Volume

21

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

19172

Issue Date

2020-11-01

Receive Date

2020-02-14

Publish Date

2020-11-01

Page Start

148

Page End

153

Print ISSN

2090-0740

Online ISSN

2090-3405

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467

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Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences

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https://ejentas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Foley's catheter dilatation in the management of choanal atresia: A prospective non-randomized case-series

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22 Jan 2023