title: [Reconstruction of tracheal stenosis at thoracic inlet level (author's transl)].
abstract: Complex operative cases of tracheal stenosis in the region of the thoracic inlet are described. The stenosed tracheas were additionally constricted by: a dislocated osteomyelitic clavicle, which was tethered by scar-tissue; an osteoma of the manubrium sterni; a goitre, which was fixed into the thoracic inlet by scar tissue of an early childhood tracheostomy; and a retrosternal goitre. In two further cases the reconstruction of a long tracheal stenosis at the thoracic inlet was complicated by an existing paraplegia.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006042:Goiter / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008371:Manubrium; D008875:Middle Aged; D010016:Osteoma / Q000150:complications; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000628:therapy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013961:Thyroid Gland; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000209:etiology; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000009:adverse effects
vernacular_title: Tracheaplastik im Bereich der Halsbasis bei besonderen pathologischen Verhältnissen in der oberen Thoraxapertur