2020 Volume 66 Issue 5 Pages 168-171
We treated a 25-year-old man with multiple fractures of the cricoid cartilage due to laryngeal injury. Examinations with a flexible endoscope and computed tomography revealed subglottic stenosis and multiple fractures of the cricoid cartilage. Reconstruction surgery for the cricoid cartilage was performed as promptly as possible. We used an Alexis® wound retractor to ensure the surgical field. The larynx was opened with a vertical anterior midline cut. We identified the parts of the multiple fractures of the cricoid cartilage and then reduced the fracture of the cricoid lamina, fixing them by suturing with special needles with sutures. The needle was easy to handle, even in the narrow laryngeal cavity and did not cause the cartilage to split during suturing as the needle has no cutting edges and no thread overlap. This special needle with sutures was useful for suturing the cricoid lamina.
