Circumferential tracheal reconstruction for the functional treatment of airway compromise

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 159-161

  Olias, João ^a   Millán, Gerardo ^b   Da Costa, Duro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE ONCOLOGIA DE LISBOA FRANCISCO GENTIL   (Portugal)

^b Hospital de San José   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Circumferential tracheal defect; Flap prefabrication; Trachea; Tracheal reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEOTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL STENOSIS;

EID: 11844294918     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000150688.00635.2b     Document Type: Article

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