What is the treatment of bronchial cleft cysts?
Operational removal is treated with branchy cysts and sinus tracts. No known medicinal remedy is possible, except for initial antibiotic treatment of compromised branch cleft cysts and sinus tracts. Until surgery, the infection should be resolved.
Bronchial sinus cleft tracts also have mucous drainage. The material is manufactured from drums which line the sinus tract. While this does not really mean an illness, unnecessary drainage may be distressing and require surgery. A complete operative removal of the cyst and possibly of the sinus tract is required for treatment. The precise procedure is determined by the anatomical location and degree of abnormality of the branch cleft. Some operations can be quite basic and some can be very complex. The first bronchial break defects in type II surgery are especially difficult and involve partial displacement of the parotid gland to locate and protect the face nerve.
The issues include hematoma, sarcoma, post operational disease and neck scar. Complications are those normal for an open neck surgery. Neuronal weakness or paralysis is also a concern in many situations.
