We treated 21 children for subglottic stenosis at the Texas Children's Hospital from 1975 to 1983. Ages ranged from newborn to 14 years. Fifteen (71%) were younger than 13 months of age. Prolonged intubation was thought to be a primary contributing factor in 16 of 21 (76%). Nineteen (90%) required tracheotomy. Of these, 11 (58%) were decannulated, four (21%) have not been decannulated, and four (21%) were lost to follow-up. Two of the 11 children who were successfully decannulated required laryngotracheoplasty or thyrotomy. There were three instances of complications and no deaths.
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