A Case of Laryngeal Trauma with Laryngotracheal Framework Reconstruction Using Spacing Device and Plate Made from Titanium

Abstract

Patients who suffer serious laryngotracheal stenosis due to a laryngeal trauma need to have framework and airway surface reconstruction ; therefore, they require several more surgeries and protracted treatments in many cases. Patients ’ own tissues such as costochondral, nasal septal cartilage and conchal cartilage, as well as artificial materials such as hydroxylation apatite, titanium mesh and artificial airways developed by advances in regenerative therapy, have been used for the reconstruction framework. We reported on a traumatic laryngeal case, an 18-years-old man, with whom we obtained good result using a spacing device and a plate specially manufactured from titanium for airway reconstruction. Results from this case suggest that using instruments made from titanium for reconstruction of laryngotracheal stenosis minimizes invasive tissue harvesting and shortens the treat-ment period.