The injured larynx: a new surgical procedure for repair.
This case illustrates an instance by which serious stricture of the subglottic lumen was repaired by a composite pedicle graft. A half circular portion of the normal clavicle cortical bone was incorporated in a regional full-thickness pedicle graft. A defect in the cricoid cartilage and adjacent tissues was thus repaired successfully, preserving the patient's physiologic integrity as to breathing, speaking, coughing, eating, and drinking.
D000179:Acrylates; D002968:Clavicle / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010969:Plastics; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000379:methods
D000179:Acrylates; D010969:Plastics