Pharyngo-Colostomy With Supraglottic Partial Laryngectomy in Caustic Oropharyngeal Stricture I. Hoseok, MD, Young Mog Shim, MD, Young-Ik Son, MD, Kwhanmien Kim, MD, Yong Soo Choi, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 81, Issue 2, Pages 712-714 (February 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.013 Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Schematic representation of supraglottic partial laryngectomy and end-to-end pharyngo-colostomy showing the imaginary median plane. The dotted line indicates the plane of transection for supraglottic partial laryngectomy. (A = arytenoid muscle; C = elevated colon graft; CC = cricoid cartilage; E = epiglottis; H = hyoid bone; PPW = posterior pharyngeal wall; T = thyroid cartilage; TH = thyrohyoid membrane; VC = vocal cord.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, 712-714DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.013) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions