Team of doctors from Indraprastha Apollo Hospital treated one-and-a-half-year-old Muhammadjon Hakimov, a resident of Uzbekistan, for a rare condition formation of laryngeal web in the trachea, which had obstructed his respiratory tract. The child had undergone tracheotomy in Uzbekistan, which was not successful.
Months later, the child landed in the care of Dr Suresh Singh Naruka, Consultant, ENT, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals. Dr Suresh along with his team surgically corrected the laryngeal web which is a congenital or acquired condition of the larynx due to formation of extra tissue inside lumen of air pipe. Thus, starting the airflow through the respiratory tract, and closed the opening of the neck which was created to help the child breathe.
“After the surgery, the child’s breathing pattern became normal and he even started to speak normally, whereas earlier he was not able to utter a single sound,” Dr Naruka adds.