Abstract
The surgical reconstruction of segmental tracheal defects that include greater than 50% of tracheal length is challenging at best, with success rates that leave much to be desired. The paper by Tsukada and colleagues in this issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery [1] describes a two-stage end-to-end reconstruction technique that takes advantage of the innate wound contraction properties of tracheal tissue. The investigators repair a 50-mm experimentally created defect with a synthetic, resorbable copolymer graft and silicone stent in an adult canine model.
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