title: Successful treatment of anterior tracheal necrosis after total thyroidectomy using vacuum-assisted closure therapy.
abstract: Total thyroidectomy involving the adjacent structures of the trachea can cause tracheal damage such as early tracheal necrosis. The authors describe the first case of anterior tracheal necrosis following total thyroidectomy treated using vacuum-assisted closure device. After two weeks of VAC  therapy, there was no evidence of ongoing infection and the trachea was partially closed around a tracheotomy cannula, removed after 3 months. The use of a VAC  therapy to reduce and close the tracheal rent and to create a rapid granulation tissue over tracheal structure appeared as a good opportunity after anterior tracheal necrosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Dupuytren University Hospital, 87042 Limoges, France.
authors.forename: Grégory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Philippe
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pichon
authors.forename: Justine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lerat
authors.forename: Jean Bernard
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Amiel
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clavel
authors.forename: Muriel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mathonnet