Technique for Repair of a Tracheocutaneous Fistula After Lung Transplantation.mp4 (235.17 MB)
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posted on 2017-07-31, 17:21 authored by Andrew Everett, Siva Raja, Sudish Murthy, Usman AhmadTracheocutaneous fistulas are infrequent complications of prolonged tracheostomies. This video explains the technique used at the authors’ institution for closure of a tracheocutaneous fistula in the context of a clinical case. The critical steps are:
- Create the subcutaneous tissue flaps.
- Dissect around and preserve the fistula tract.
- Properly size the rim of tissue of the fistula tract.
- Imbricate the fistula tract.
- Close the strap muscles and subcutaneous tissues.