Manoeuvre to aid Endoscopic division of aryepiglottic folds (Aryepiglottoplasty)

Laryngomalacia, a congenital malformation of larynx is the commonest cause of stridor in young infants. Ninety percent of cases resolve by the age of 2 years without any active intervention (1).The most consistent abnormality seen in non-resolving cases is shortening of the aryepiglottic folds (picture 1).(2)

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