Tracheal stoma reconstruction.
A simple surgical technique prevents or corrects tracheostoma stenosis. Forty-eight (96%) of patients undergoing laryngectomy in whom this technique was used have maintained adequate stomal size for cleaning, ventilation, and tracheoesophageal fistula speech restoration.
D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D007825:Laryngectomy; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D014140:Tracheotomy