Coverage of anterior mediastinal tracheostomy with bipedicled anterolateral thigh flap
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpra.2021.01.007
Abstract: Background Cancer defects requiring anterior mediastinal tracheostomy (AMT) are complex, often accompanied by tracheo-laryngeal and pharyngeal defects with exposure of the great vessels and mediastinal cavity. The trachea has to be mobilised and exteriorised as… read more here.
Keywords: anterior mediastinal; flap; anterolateral thigh; thigh flap ... See more keywords
Anterior Mediastinal Tracheostomy: Past, Present, and Future.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2018.03.002
Abstract: Anterior mediastinal tracheostomy (AMT) is established after division of the retrosternal trachea following resection of extended upper airway malignancies, stomal recurrences, or cervicomediastinal exenteration. AMT is occasionally performed for nonmalignant diseases. Starting in the 1980s,… read more here.
Keywords: anterior mediastinal; mediastinal tracheostomy; present future; tracheostomy past ... See more keywords