Objective: To determine the utility of mometasone eluting stents in the treatment of choanal atresia.
Setting: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Study Design: Randomized, single blind control trial
Methods: This study will be a randomized, prospective single-blinded control trial. Inclusion criteria will include all subjects less than 11 years of age who are diagnosed with either unilateral or bilateral choanal atresia. Following enrollment, the patients will be randomized to either a control arm (no stent) versus an intervention arm (placement of drug eluting stent). Subjects will then undergo surgical repair of the choanal atresia with either no stent or a drug eluting stent placed. Multiple postoperative nasal endoscopies will be performed to assess size which will be reviewed and graded by two independent reviewers.
Analysis: Descriptive statistical analysis and multivariate analysis will be performed.
