title: Posterior Mesh Tracheoplasty for Cervical Tracheomalacia: A Novel Trachea-Preserving Technique.
abstract: Tracheal resection or placement of airway prostheses (stents, tracheostomy tubes, or T tubes) are techniques currently used to treat severe cervical tracheomalacia. We have developed a new technique to secure a polypropylene splint to the posterior membrane of the cervical trachea in a patient with diffuse, acquired tracheobronchomalacia. This novel posterior tracheoplasty avoids anastomotic and intraluminal adverse events that may occur with existing techniques.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Folch
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kent
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Majid
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: sgangadh@bidmc.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Sidhu P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Gangadharan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011126:Polypropylenes; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D015607:Stents; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D055090:Tracheomalacia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes