Free-prefabricated auricular composite graft: a new method for reconstruction following extended hemilaryngectomy.
A free-prefabricated auricular composite graft was applied in two patients who underwent extended hemilaryngectomy. Good phonatory and respiratory functions were obtained without any significant aspiration. Although this reconstructive method is a two-staged procedure involving microsurgical techniques, we believe that it provides a good physiologic reconstruction of the larynx and trachea.
Fujiwara
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Department of Plastic Surgery, Osaka Police Hospital, Tennoji-Ku, 543-0035 Osaka, Japan. f-takashi@mub.biglobe.ne.jp
Maeda
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M
Kuwae
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K
Nakagawa
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T
Nakao
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K
D000368:Aged; D001187:Artificial Organs; D004431:Ear, External / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000379:methods*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*