title: Reconstruction of laryngotracheal war injuries with the median layer of the deep cervical fascia.
abstract: Surgical exploration and immediate reconstruction with the median layer of the deep cervical fascia (MLDCF) was performed in 8 of 22 patients with exogenous war injuries of larynx and cervical trachea. A surgical technique of reconstruction with the median layer of the deep cervical fascia is described. The 7 surviving patients had good respiration without signs of stenosis of the larynx and/or the trachea. Four had good and 3 satisfactory, phonation, and none had swallowing difficulties. Owing to the simplicity of the surgical approach, its size and biological properties, the median layer of deep cervical fascia proved itself to be a suitable material in the immediate reconstruction of exogenerous war injuries of the larynx and cervical trachea.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery, General Hospital Dr Josip Bencević Slavonski Brod, Croatia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Danić
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Milicić
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prgomet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Simovíc
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003679:Deglutition; D005205:Fascia / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck; D010699:Phonation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries*; D014857:Warfare