Spiral tracheoplasty after tangential resection of trachea.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.11.035.
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Abstract
Spiral anastomosis was used in 1 patient with recurrent thyroid carcinoma and in another patient with secondary thyroid carcinoma, both involving the right posterolateral wall of the trachea, 3.5 cm and 4 cm, respectively. Before anastomosis was done, both tracheal ends were separated from the esophagus by 2 cm and were rotated by 90 degrees in opposite directions: one clockwise and the other counterclockwise. These 2 patients obtained good patency and received healing of the tracheal anastomosis. Spiral tracheoplasty can reduce the tension at the anastomotic site of the trachea after tangential wall resection.
Medical subject headings
- Plastic Surgery Procedures
- Trachea
- Tracheal Stenosis