Is surgery appropriate for a 10-month-old baby girl with middle and lower main bronchial stenosis?

  Patient: 10 months old, female, this condition: 1. 2 CTs showed tracheal stenosis due to severe pneumonia when she was 3 months old (Hubei Women’s and Children’s Hospital). 2. several colds caused tracheitis and respiratory failure and hospitalization or intensive care. 3. 2 CTs showed slightly narrowed middle and lower trachea when she was 7 months old (Wuhan Children’s Hospital) Currently, the Children’s Hospital recommends going to Beijing or Shanghai for consultation on whether tracheal surgery is appropriate? Each hospitalization can only be conservative anti-inflammatory, is it suitable for tracheal surgery or other treatment?  Doctor: According to the available examination data, your child’s current hospitalization problem is recurrent respiratory infections, pneumonia, and even the manifestation of respiratory failure. CT examination suggests the presence of slightly narrowed trachea, left and right bronchial stenosis and possible tracheobronchial flaccidity. Since the stenosis of the main airway is not serious, the main problem is still in the left and right bronchi, and it is difficult to surgically correct the stenosis of the left and right bronchi, so conservative treatment is recommended.  Patient: Hello, doctor! Thank you for your advice. I am sending you the CT films of my baby from Wuhan Children’s Hospital on May 8 and May 10, and hope you can help us analyze the situation by observing the films yourself.  Doctor: The CT film is not very clear, but the general situation can be seen, your child should have narrowing of the lower trachea and the left and right bronchi, and the left and right bronchi are uniformly thin. The lesions are extensive, so conservative treatment is preferred.