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Pharyngo-colostomy with supraglottic partial laryngectomy in caustic oropharyngeal stricture
I Hoseok1, Young Mog Shim, Young-Ik Son
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract:
We present two cases of chronic caustic stricture from the oropharynx to the entire esophagus combined with laryngeal stricture in which the piriform sinuses were stenosed. The restoration of digestive continuity was accomplished by end-to-end pharyngo-colostomy at the level of the cricoid cartilage through the posterior mediastinal route. Supraglottic partial laryngectomy and pharyngoplasty were done simultaneously for the laryngeal and oropharyngeal stricture. The patients were able to swallow a soft blend diet to regular diet with negligible penetration.
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