CHENNAI: A three-year-old boy from Pakistan has successfully undergone a surgery at the Madras ENT Research Foundation for correcting a rare windpipe disorder, which caused breathing problems and impaired his speech.
Hassan, from Karachi, was suffering from 'congenital subglottic stenosis', a condition in which the windpipe below the larynx narrows, Dr Mohan Kameswaran, Managing Director of MERF, said.
Though the condition was difficult to be treated in children, doctors transposed a small piece of rib cartilage to widen the windpipe, besides placing a stent in a two-and-a-half hour surgery on August 25.
Four weeks later, the stent was removed and a laser treatment was done to remove the residual granulation, he said adding Hassan could now breathe without the help of a tube.
The boy, being given voice therapy so that he could speak normally, would return to Karachi soon.
