Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  2002 Jun;35(6):487-490.

Anterior Tracheoplasty Using Glutaraldehyde-Soaked Autologous Pericardium: One Case Report

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  • 1Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Chunan Hospital, Korea. csdoctor@sch.ac.kr

Abstract

A 60-year-old female was admitted to our hospital complaining of dyspnea.In the past history,she had received tracheal diversion due to recurrent aspiration after brain surgery and tracheostomy.Emergency three dimensional spiral tracheal computed tomograhpy revealed distal tracheal stenosis.The operation was performed by anterior tracheoplasty using glutaraldehyde-soaked autologous pericardium through median sternotomy.Herein we report a case of anterior tracheoplasty using glutaraldehyde-soaked autologous pericardium.

Keyword

Tracheal stenosis; Tracheoplasty; Pericardial patch; Glutaraldehyde

MeSH Terms

Brain
Female
Glutaral
Humans
Middle Aged
Pericardium*
Tracheal Stenosis
Glutaral
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