title: [Effect of anteroposterior cricoid split on cartilage growth in rabbits].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of the anteroposterior cricoid split on cartilage growth.
  
  
  METHODS
  The rabbits were killed 8 months after the surgery of anteroposterior cricoid split. The larynxes were harvested and the cross-sectional area of the cricoid cartilage were calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no significant difference in the cross-sectional area of the cricoid cartilage of these three groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The anteroposterior cricoid split might have no adverse effect on subsequent growth of cricoid cartilage.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, Tangdu Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. lzyuxing@sian.com.cn
authors: Zhi
authors: Z
authors: Liu
authors: Pengcheng
authors: P
authors: Cui
authors: Yanyan
authors: Y
authors: Yuan
authors: Pengfei
authors: P
authors: Gao
authors: Yongzhu
authors: Y
authors: Sun
authors: Jiasheng
authors: J
authors: Luo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003413:Cricoid Cartilage / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000601:surgery*; D007829:Laryngostenosis / Q000601:surgery; D011817:Rabbits