Controlled Trachea Suspension for Tracheomalacia After Resection of Large Anterior Mediastinal Mass Zhengcheng Liu, MD, Rusong Yang, MD, Feng Shao, MD, Yanqing Pan, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 99, Issue 6, Pages 2225-2227 (June 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.01.067 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Chest computed tomography shows tracheal compression with narrowing of the lumen. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 2225-2227DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.01.067) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 The 3-0 Prolene (Ethicon, Somerville, NJ) vertical sutures are placed through the anterior tracheal fascia through two cartilage rings. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 2225-2227DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.01.067) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 The sutures are then sequentially passed through the sternal plate and twisted around a tension suture plate. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 2225-2227DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.01.067) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions