Tracheal autotransplantation: Guidelines for optimal functional outcome
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Tracheal autotransplantation: guidelines for optimal functional outcome.
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Tracheal autotransplants can repair extensive hemilaryngectomy defects. This technique was introduced into the clinic some 10 years ago as a means of avoiding the mutilation of a total laryngectomy in selected patients with laryngeal cancer. Our goal was to give the morphometric guidelines that guarantee an optimal functional outcome. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case stud...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Laryngoscope
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0023-852X
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21869