Spiral Tracheoplasty After Tangential Resection of Trachea Ming-Ho Wu, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 88, Issue 6, Pages 2042-2043 (December 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.11.035 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Spiral anastomosis of the trachea is performed after resection of a tangential tracheal lesion. The tracheal ends are rotated by 90 degrees in opposite directions: one clockwise and the other counterclockwise. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, 2042-2043DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.11.035) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions