Cleft larynx: repair with a posterior cartilage graft.
A 4-year-old child presenting with airway obstruction caused by oedema in redundant mucosa associated with an Evans Type 2 laryngeal cleft had the cleft repaired via a laryngofissure. The defect in the posterior lamina of the cricoid cartilage was repaired with a costal cartilage graft to produce a near normal post-operative contour to the subglottic lumen.
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Department of Otolaryngology, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003413:Cricoid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous