[Septal mucosa-perichondrium transplant for plastic coverage of esophagotracheal defects]

Two tracheo-oesophageal fistulae due to intubation were closed by a mucoperichondrial graft taken from the nasal septum. The edges of the fistula were closed by suturing the oesophageal muscles and the graft was then used for cover. The graft was fixed to the edges of the tracheal mucosa ensuring that the cilia of the trachea and of the graft were beating in the same direction. The edges of the graft and wound were sealed with fibrin glue.