Conditions We Treat

What conditions do you treat?

At the Aerodigestive and Airway Reconstruction Center, our team works together with your child and your entire family to treat a range of conditions affecting the airway, esophagus and upper digestive tract.

Disorders of the larynx and trachea

• Airway obstruction, including laryngomalacia
• Complete tracheal rings/congenital tracheal stenosis
• Complex voice disorders
• Congenital High Airway Obstruction Syndrome (CHAOS)
• Dysphonia and complex pediatric voice disorders
• Laryngeal cleft repair
• Laryngeal paralysis 
• Laryngeal stenosis
  • Supraglottic stenosis
  • Glottic stenosis
  • Posterior glottic stenosis
  • Subglottic stenosis
• Laryngeal web
• Laryngeal and tracheal inflammation
• Laryngeal spasm
• Laryngocele
• Laryngomalacia
• NF-1/laryngeal tumors
• Posterior glottic diastasis
• Recurrent croup
• Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP)
• Subglottic cysts
• Subglottic stenosis
• Supraglottoplasty
• Stridor and noisy breathing
• Tracheal stenosis
• Tracheomalacia
• Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF)
• Tracheostomy dependence or malfunction
• Tracheostomy care and management
• Vocal cord cysts, nodules and polyps
• Vocal cord medialization laryngoplasty
• Vocal cord paralysis
• Vocal fold motion disorders
• Voice abnormalities following airway reconstruction
• Voice abnormalities resulting from laryngeal injury

Esophageal, gastrointestinal and swallowing disorders

• Achalasia
• Aspiration and swallowing dysfunction
• Caustic ingestion
• Complex feeding disorders resulting from anatomic and physiologic abnormalities
• Diseases of the salivary glands
• Dysphagia and complex swallowing disorders
• Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)
• Esophageal atresia
• Esophageal strictures
• Esophageal webs
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
• Sialorrhea
• Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF)

Pulmonary disorders

• Bronchiectasis
• Bronchomalacia
• Chronic cough
• Interstitial lung disease
• Obstructive apnea
• Pulmonary aspiration
• Recurrent wheezing
• Recurrent pneumonia
• Recurrent respiratory infections
• Refractory asthma