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Most common mode of treatment for laryngomalacia is:

A
Reassurance
B
Medical
C
Surgery
D
Wait and watch
High-Yield Explanation
In most patients laryngomalacia is a self-limiting condition. Treatment of laryngomalacia is reassurance to the parents and early antibiotic therapy for upper respiratory tract infections. Tracheostomy is required only in severe respiratory obstruction. Surgical intervention (supraglottoplasty i.e. reduction of redundant laryngeal mucosa) is indicated for 10% of patients. Main indications for surgery are: Severe stridor Apnea Failure to thrive Pulmonary hypeension Cor pulmonale

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