title: [Anastomoses and sutures in cervical laryngotracheal and pharyngoesophageal surgery].
abstract: Head and neck anastomosis techniques present common aspects with any type of anastomosis but their localisation at the junction of the respiratory and digestive tracts makes them often delicate to perform. In the present article, we first review the different surgical indications and the laryngeal, tracheal, pharyngeal and oesophageal anastomosis techniques. The main types of flaps also used for this purpose are highlighted. We then review the cases observed during the 5 last years in our department, type and technique of surgery used. In this general review, we illustrate our stand point although aware of the multiple variants favoured by different schools.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie et de Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgique.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minet
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lengelé
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rombaux
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamoir
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000379:methods; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D010611:Pharyngectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Anastomoses et sutures en chirurgie cervicale laryngo-trachéale et pharyngo-oesophagienne.