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16354344

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-12-15
pubmed:abstractText
Since the first reliable mediastinal tracheostomy described by Grillo et al. in 1966, many new techniques have been described in order to reduce the number of complications. We here report the case of a 55-year-old man who was referred for surgery with post-radiochemotherapy recurrence of a double neoplasm of the pharyngolarynx extending to the proximal trachea and the medial part of the oesophagus. Through a median sternotomy, a pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy was performed with an extended tracheal resection. The reconstruction of the upper digestive tract was performed with a gastric pull-up. The mediastinal tracheostomy was performed with a pectoralis major muscular flap through a right unilateral resection of the manubrium, the right clavicular head and the right first and second costal cartilages. Historically, the mediastinal tracheostomy was performed through a large bilateral resection of the anterior chest wall, in order to prevent the tension on the tracheocutaneous sutures. Nowadays, with the possibility of various pedicled flaps, bilateral resection no longer seems to be necessary. This unilateral resection leads to a reduction in post-operative sequelae.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-2151
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
119
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
903-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Mediastinal tracheostomy: unilateral resection of the anterior chest wall.
pubmed:affiliation
ENT department, CHU Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium. Thomas_lequeux@stpierre-bru.be
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports