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Feasibility of a bilateral regional sternocleidomastoid muscular flap in the closure of a persistent acquired tracheopharyngeal fistula

Goh LC 1 , Santhi K 2 , Arvin B 2 , Mohd Razif MY 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Malaysia
BMJ Case Rep, 2016 Aug 26;2016.
PMID: 27566213 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2016-216676

Abstract

An acquired persistent tracheopharyngeal fistula secondary to an infected tracheopharyngeal voice prosthesis is a common cause of recurrent aspiration pneumonia in a postlaryngectomy patient. We report a case of a successfully treated tracheopharyngeal fistula whereby both the sternocleidomastoid muscles were used as muscular flaps to close the defect and its outcome.

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