RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Septal graft in laryngeal reconstruction
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1758
OP 1760
VO 27
IS 11
A1 Abdulrahman Bahannan
A1 Ales Slavicek
A1 Milos Taudy
A1 Martin Chovanec
YR 2006
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/27/11/1758.abstract
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.