title: Results of full-thickness laryngotracheal wall reconstruction: a survey of the literature.
abstract: Full-thickness reconstruction of the laryngotracheal wall is needed after tumour removal, and also in patients where lumen augmentation is required to resolve laryngotracheal stenosis. For repairing such defects, several techniques are available. All techniques are more successful when small defects are reconstructed and less successful when there is a major deficit. The main problem with most methods of reconstruction is their unreliable blood supply which becomes most obvious in repairing larger areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital St Rafaël, K.U. Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Delaere
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ostyn
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Feenstra
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D014132:Trachea / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*