title: Microtrapdoor flap repair of laryngeal and tracheal stenosis.
abstract: Twenty patients have undergone repair of laryngeal and tracheal stenosis by microtrapdoor accessing of scar or soft tissue and removal with the carbon dioxide laser. A total of 34 flap procedures were performed in the 20 patients. Follow-up ranged from 8 months to 4 years, and 30 of these flaps were considered successful on the basis of improvement of the airway. The only complications were postoperative granulation tissue in 2 patients that responded to endoscopic removal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Human Communication, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Beste
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Toohill
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007820:Laryngeal Mucosa / Q000601:surgery; D007829:Laryngostenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*