Combined treatment of concurrent laryngeal and tracheal stenosis.
This report describes a one-stage combined surgical procedure for laryngeal and tracheal stenosis presenting concurrently. The technique links together three new procedures. Autogenous hyoid bone transposition on a muscle pedicle for reconstruction of the larynx, together with implantation of a silicone T-tube in conjunction with a custom-carved silicone stent, for maintenance and resurfacing of both strictures. This technique has produced satisfactory results in four cases. In two of the patients there is sufficient follow-up to indicate the efficacy of this method.
D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007829:Laryngostenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*