Does the presence of a tracheoesophageal fistula predict the outcome of laryngeal cleft repair?
In our series, patients with laryngeal clefts who also had a history of TEF had a much higher incidence of breakdown of cleft repair compared with patients with no history of TEF. This finding is not conclusive and requires further investigation. The failure of cleft repair correlated with the severity of the cleft. The importance of these associations may lead to enhanced surgical planning and realistic preoperative family expectations.
Low-dose MMF was well tolerated and resulted in prolonged graft survival.