Laryngotracheal Reconstruction Using The Vascularized Clavicle

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One of the most difficult airway problems is a subglottic stenosis combined with a tracheal stenosis. Laryngotracheal stenosis has not been completely solved with classic methods like cricotracheal split with autogenous cartilage graft, thyrotracheal anastomosis, and free hyoid or hyoid-sternohyoid myo-osseous flap reconstruction. A 28-near-old male patient who had had laryngotracheal stenosis was successfully treated by laryngotracheal reconstruction using vascularized clavicle. This method has a several advantages: the vascularized clavicle harvesting in the same operative fields, one stage operation, less restenosis due to plentyful blood supply, md prevention of airway collapse due to a clavicle provided framework. It is too early to make a definite conclusion, but the authors suggested that this method could become one of the most effective methods of laryngotracheal stenosis.