226 top medical experts on Laryngeal cleft across 17 countries and 24 U.S. states, including 126 MDs (Physicians). This is based on an objective analysis of their Scientific Publications, Clinical Trials, Medicare, and NIH Grants.

  1. Laryngeal cleft: laryngeal cleft is a rare malformation involving the larynx (known as the voice box) and the esophagus (known as the food pipe). Normally, when the larynx develops, it is completely separate from the esophagus so that swallowed foods travel directly through the esophagus into the stomach. A laryngeal cleft occurs when these structures do not develop normally in an embryo, and there is an opening connecting the larynx (and sometimes trachea) and the esophagus.This enables food and liquid that is swallowed to pass through the opening to the larynx, and into the lungs.Signs and symptoms may appear in the first few months of life and may include feeding problems, trouble swallowing, failure to thrive, reflux, coughing, wheezing, stridor , aspiration, respiratory distress, and recurrent lung infections.There are several different types of laryngeal clefts (types I through IV), which are classified based on the specific location and extent (severity) of the cleft.
  2. Clinical guidelines are the recommended starting point to understand initial steps and current protocols in any disease or procedure:
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  4. Synonyms: Anterior submucous laryngeal cleft,  Congenital laryngeal clefts,  Posterior laryngeal cleft (PLC)


  

        

                    


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