Anterior approach bilateral musculomucosal flaps repair for laryngotracheoesophageal clefts.
Laryngotracheoesophageal clefts (LTEC) are uncommon congenital anomalies that occur when the primitive foregut fails to separate into the esophagus and trachea. The surgical repair strategy involves separation or partition of the common tract. Reported here is the authors' experience with 2 cases of LTEC (type 3) repaired with bilateral musculomucosal flaps through the anterior wall of the trachea.
Obatake
Masayuki
M
Division of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
Tanaka
Tomoko
T
Muraoka
Masashi
M
Nagayasu
Takeshi
T
Nakagoe
Tohru
T
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007817:Laryngeal Cartilages / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery