Conclusion
Children with type I and II laryngeal webs mainly presented with hoarseness and discomfort without any obvious respiratory distress. Children were usually older when they were admitted to the hospital. The patients with type I and II laryngeal webs recovered through one simple endoscopic surgery, while children with type III and IV laryngeal webs mainly exhibited hoarseness and respiratory distress, which required an early tracheotomy. These children usually had a record of multiple visits to the hospital with multiple treatments. The ultimate treatment required for such patients was open laryngoplasty, combined with the implantation of a T-tube, and reconstruction of the cricoid cartilage by hyoid bone may play a crucial role in the treatment of congenital laryngeal webs with subglottic stenosis. T-tube implantation is effective in preventing the re-adhesion of the vocal cords. The recommended duration for the T-tube implant is 6 months. The recommended age for this surgery is 2 years old. The most common comorbidity of type III and IV laryngeal webs was subglottic stenosis, which was likely combined with other laryngeal diseases, such as vocal cord paralysis and laryngomalacia, along with systemic diseases, such as atrial septal defects.
List of abbreviations: CT computed tomography