Anterior approach bilateral musculomucosal flaps repair for laryngotracheoesophageal clefts

Laryngotracheoesophageal clefts (LTEC) are uncommon congenital anomalies that occur when the primitive foregut fails to separate into the esophagus and trachea. The surgical repair strategy involves separation or partition of the common tract. Reported here is the authors’ experience with 2 cases of...

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Published inJournal of pediatric surgery Vol. 38; no. 12; pp. 1720 - 1722
Main Authors Obatake, Masayuki, Tanaka, Tomoko, Muraoka, Masashi, Nagayasu, Takeshi, Nakagoe, Tohru
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2003
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Abnormalities, Multiple - surgery
Esophagus - abnormalities
Esophagus - surgery
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Laryngeal Cartilages - abnormalities
Laryngeal Cartilages - surgery
Laryngotracheoesophageal cleft
Male
musculomucosal flap
Surgical Flaps
surgical repair
Trachea - abnormalities
Trachea - surgery
Tracheal Stenosis - congenital
Tracheal Stenosis - surgery
surgical repair
musculomucosal flap
Laryngotracheoesophageal cleft
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Summary:Laryngotracheoesophageal clefts (LTEC) are uncommon congenital anomalies that occur when the primitive foregut fails to separate into the esophagus and trachea. The surgical repair strategy involves separation or partition of the common tract. Reported here is the authors’ experience with 2 cases of LTEC (type 3) repaired with bilateral musculomucosal flaps through the anterior wall of the trachea.
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ISSN:0022-3468
1531-5037
DOI:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2003.08.038