PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bahannan, Abdulrahman
AU  - Slavicek, Ales
AU  - Taudy, Milos
AU  - Chovanec, Martin
TI  - Septal graft in laryngeal reconstruction
DP  - 2006 Nov 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1758--1760
VI  - 27
IP  - 11
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/27/11/1758.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/27/11/1758.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2006 Nov 01; 27
AB  - A 62-year-old woman presented with symptoms of dyspnea. Ultrasonography and computed tomography examinations revealed mass extending from the cricoid cartilage to the left lobe of thyroid gland and thyroid cartilage. Cytology revealed possibility of cartilaginous origin, which was proven to be chondrosarcoma Grade 1 from the biopsy specimen obtained during panendoscopy. She underwent one stage radical resection and immediate reconstruction of laryngeal skeleton defect by mucocartilaginous graft from the nasal septum. Her postoperative course was optimal with preservation of all the laryngeal functions. Twenty-eight months postoperatively, she had to undergo total laryngectomy as a salvage procedure for the advanced local recurrence. We report on the relatively easy technique for functional reconstruction of the large laryngeal defect with the employment of cartilage graft from the nasal septum.