98 MODELING INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE IN ANIMAL JOINTS: A PILOT STUDY WITH AN ORGAN-LEVEL MODEL

A pilot study of balloon dilation in an

A pilot study of balloon dilation in an animal model resulting in cricoid cartilage fracture: Implications for the stenotic pediatric airway

✍ Annette H. Ang; Vikash K. Modi; Roheen Raithatha; Max M. April; Robert F. Ward 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 96 KB

## Abstract ## Objective: Endoscopic balloon dilation is increasingly popular as primary therapy for infants with subglottic stenosis. We aim to determine the maximum balloon diameter and pressure where no fracture of the cricoid would occur, minimum balloon size and pressures where a gross fractu