Center for Pediatric Airway Disorders Patients Stories Listing

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Cricotracheal Resection for Subglottic Stenosis: Zakary’s Story

The team at the Center for Pediatric Airway Disorders gave Zakary what he’d never before had: a fully functioning airway.

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Bilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis and Airway Reconstruction: Maxwell’s Story

Paralyzed vocal cords required a trach that kept Maxwell out of the water. Surgery at CHOP allowed him to dive in the waves.

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Airway Reconstruction for Floppy Airway: Mason's Story

The team from CHOP’s Center for Pediatric Airway Disorders gave Mason what his parents had been told was impossible: breathing without a tracheostomy tube.

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Breakthrough Treatment for Airway Tumors Gives Hannah Her Voice

Thanks to an experimental airway tumor treatment she received at CHOP, Hannah can talk now with her friends — really talk — because all the tumors are gone.

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RLN Reinnervation: Kayla’s ‘Anything but Ordinary’ Story

The Pediatric Voice Program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia helped Kayla strengthen her voice, and she’s putting it to good use: promoting her own book.

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Tracheostomy and Decannulation: Steven’s Story

Steven came in to the world facing more challenges than most people face in a lifetime, but after 35 medical procedures and 12 major surgeries by CHOP specialists, the 12-year-old is thriving.

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Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor and Laryngeal Nerve Reinnervation: Michael's Story

After living with vocal cord paralysis for six years after a tumor was removed, Michael and his family found CHOP's Center for Pediatric Airway Disorders and laryngeal nerve reinnervation, a procedure that would give him his voice back.

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Tracheal Stenosis and Lung Anomaly: Paige's Story

Paige was diagnosed with severe tracheal stenosis, a narrowing of the trachea. The only way to widen her airway was with a major surgery. But with only one lung, it would be incredibly risky.

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Bilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis: Lailani's Story

Diagnosed with bilateral vocal cord paralysis as a baby, Lailani was unable to breathe on her own until age nine. That's when her sought treatment at CHOP’s Center for Pediatric Airway Disorders.