Behcet氏病患者に発現した口腔咽頭 (舌根喉頭蓋) 部の瘢痕狭窄に行つた形成手術

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A 32-year-old woman sought medical care after she had had tracheostomy because of difficulties in swallowing and breathing due to severe pharyngeal stenosis as a complication of Behcet's disease.
A large U-shaped skin flap was prepared first in the anterior cervical area.
After wide exposure of the pharynx by removal of the cicatrization the U-shaped skin flap was placed onto the radix of the tongue.
The raw surface of the posterior wall of the pharynx was covered with a free skin graft. After one and a half months and irradiation of 2100 Rad, the wound was closed successfully obtaining an enough space for breathing and swallowing.