3D-press omes to help in severe cases of congenital tracheabronchomegalia.
Tracheabronchomegalia (Mounier-Kuhn syndrome) - expansion of the trachea and bronchi due to underdevelopment of elastic and muscular elements of the trachea and bronchi.
Tracheabronchomegalia - heavy, from a clinical point of view, suffering. The clinical manifestations are largely dependent on the severity of the expansion of the trachea, bronchus and nature of purulent infection.
The underlying abnormality is an absence or marked atrophy of the elastic fibres and smooth muscle within the wall of the trachea and main bronchi. Although this is thought to be congenital, there is no universal agreement.
As a result of the flaccidity of the wall of the respiratory tree there is significant change in airway size during the different phases of respiration. During inspiration negative intra-thoracic pressure develops leading to marked enlargement of the trachea. However, as expiration commences, the reversed intra-thoracic pressure causes collapse. In addition to this dynamic change, bronchial or tracheal diverticulosis are common, as is bronchiectasis.
There is also an absence of the myenteric plexus of the bronchial tree.
Treatment is usually conservative with physiotherapy and postural drainage. Acute exacerbations are treated with antibiotics. In rare instances tracheal stenting has been used. The forecast is not expressed in the forms of pathology without inflammatory changes may be beneficial.
This is a rare congenital malformation. Children are placed in transport incubators for newborns for months. Transport incubators for newborns produce continuous electronic monitoring of the temperature of the patient, humidity and oxygen content, ensure safety and comfort for newborns, supports stress-free environment for the baby.
The airway cartilage can be hardened by the means of stents, but children grow up with them increases the diameter of the trachea, which requires the continuation of surgical treatment.
Often children set tracheostomy with mechanical ventilation, after which they periodically hospitalized for observation. Occlusion of the tube takes place sooner or later in 43% of cases for the year. The method reduces the time of treatment of the child in an incubator.
3d-tracheal implants prevent trachea compression at least during the critical period of development. "If a child can survive during the first 24 - 36 months, the growth of the respiratory tract usually leads to an improvement in his clinical condition," - the authors write.
3D-printed medical devices will be invaluable aid in implantology.
Company Westmedgroup Ltd. offers a wide range of medical equipment for neonatal (means of biological and chemical protection, pediatric terminals and monitors, ventilation, transport incubators for newborns), as well as design and equipping of clean rooms in pediatric wards (BLOCK).
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