Airway Reconstruction Surgeries

Broadly, there are four types of open airway reconstructions:

• Laryngotracheal reconstruction with cartilage grafting

  Allows airway expansion.

• Cricotracheal resection

  Excision of the stenotic segment followed by an end-to-end anastomosis.

• Tracheal resection

  Excision of the stenotic segment followed by an end-to-end anastomosis.

• Slide tracheoplasty

  Sliding two narrowed airway segments on each other.

These procedures either reconstruct and expand or excise and anastomose or connect the narrowed airway segments. The decision is tailor-made as per individual patient needs.