Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases

Congenital choanal atresia is the developmental failure of the posterior nasal cavity to communicate with the nasopharynx. In the obligate nasal breathing neonate, this is a well recognized cause of nasal obstruction although it is rarely encountered. The diagnosis can be strongly suspected clinica...

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Main Authors:	Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee, Kamarudin, Norie Azilah, Balwant Singh, Gendeh
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2005
Subjects:	RF Otorhinolaryngology
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spelling	iium-231032012-04-04T00:30:56Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/23103/ Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee Kamarudin, Norie Azilah Balwant Singh, Gendeh RF Otorhinolaryngology Congenital choanal atresia is the developmental failure of the posterior nasal cavity to communicate with the nasopharynx. In the obligate nasal breathing neonate, this is a well recognized cause of nasal obstruction although it is rarely encountered. The diagnosis can be strongly suspected clinically but needs to be confirmed with flexible nasopharyngolaryngoscope or CT scanning. Currently transnasal endoscopic surgical repair is well accepted as surgical treatment. The surgical management of choanal atresia are disscussed further in details. Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2005 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/23103/1/choanal.atresia.e-IMJM.2005.pdf Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee and Kamarudin, Norie Azilah and Balwant Singh, Gendeh (2005) Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases. International Medical Journal Malaysia, 4 (1). ISSN 1823-4631 http://www.eimjm.com/Vol4-No1/Vol4-No1-C1.htm
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spellingShingle	RF Otorhinolaryngology Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee Kamarudin, Norie Azilah Balwant Singh, Gendeh Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases
description	Congenital choanal atresia is the developmental failure of the posterior nasal cavity to communicate with the nasopharynx. In the obligate nasal breathing neonate, this is a well recognized cause of nasal obstruction although it is rarely encountered. The diagnosis can be strongly suspected clinically but needs to be confirmed with flexible nasopharyngolaryngoscope or CT scanning. Currently transnasal endoscopic surgical repair is well accepted as surgical treatment. The surgical management of choanal atresia are disscussed further in details.
format	Article
author	Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee Kamarudin, Norie Azilah Balwant Singh, Gendeh
author_facet	Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee Kamarudin, Norie Azilah Balwant Singh, Gendeh
author_sort	Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee
title	Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases
title_short	Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases
title_full	Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases
title_fullStr	Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases
title_full_unstemmed	Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases
title_sort	transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases
publisher	Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2005
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/23103/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23103/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23103/1/choanal.atresia.e-IMJM.2005.pdf
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Transnasal endoscopic surgery of bilateral congenital choanal atresia : report of two cases

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