Laryngotracheoplasty with costochondral grafts--a clinical correlate of graft survival.
Laryngotracheoplasty utilizing composite costal cartilage-perichondrium grafts placed both anteriorly and posteriorly within the cricoid ring has provided a significant advance in the management of acquired subglottic stenosis in children. Histopathologic data from a child who died after a laryngotracheoplasty is presented which indicates both the anterior and posterior grafts survive and grow.
D002356:Cartilage / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007829:Laryngostenosis / Q000601:surgery; D007830:Larynx / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012272:Ribs / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*