Microtrapdoor Flap Repair of Laryngeal and Tracheal Stenosis
- 1 May 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
- Vol. 100 (5) , 420-423
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000348949110000513
Abstract
Twenty patients have undergone repair of laryngeal and tracheal stenosis by microtrapdoor accessing of scar or soft tissue and removal with the carbon dioxide laser. A total of 34 flap procedures were performed in the 20 patients. Follow-up ranged from 8 months to 4 years, and 30 of these flaps were considered successful on the basis of improvement of the airway. The only complications were postoperative granulation tissue in 2 patients that responded to endoscopic removal.Keywords
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