Abstract:
:Mediastinal tracheostomy has been associated with high morbidity and mortality, often due to skin necrosis, with resultant exposure of the great vessels and subsequent hemorrhage. During a 4 year period, 11 patients underwent mediastinal tracheostomy. Reconstruction included the use of a pectoralis major musculocutaneous flap to provide well-vascularized skin for anastomosis to the superior portion of the tracheostoma in nine patients. Whenever possible (eight patients), the trachea was transposed below the innominate artery to allow for slightly more mobility of the trachea and to remove the cartilaginous portion of the trachea from the artery. Among the eight elective operations reported herein, there were no postoperative deaths and only two minor wound-related complications. Among three patients who underwent emergency mediastinal tracheostomy, two patients died, one with an aneurysm of the innominate artery that ruptured several weeks postoperatively and the other with respiratory instability who could not be weaned from the respirator. These results suggest that use of the pectoralis major musculocutaneous flap and tracheal transposition decreases the risk of skin necrosis and resultant major vessel rupture. We advocate this approach in the reconstruction of the patient who requires mediastinal tracheostomy.
journal_name
Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Neifeld JP,Theogaraj SD,Mehrhof AIdoi
10.1016/0002-9610(84)90377-5subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1984-10-01 00:00:00pages
505-8issue
4eissn
0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
0002-9610(84)90377-5journal_volume
148pub_type
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