A new surgical approach in the treatment of tracheostomy scars

H Caso; B Bertrand; C Philandrianos; M Abellan Lopez; D Casanova

doi:10.1016/j.anplas.2021.05.001

A new surgical approach in the treatment of tracheostomy scars

Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2021 Oct;66(5):413-416. doi: 10.1016/j.anplas.2021.05.001. Epub 2021 Jun 2.

Authors

H Caso¹, B Bertrand², C Philandrianos², M Abellan Lopez², D Casanova²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, La Conception Hôpital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, 147, boulevard Baille, 13005 Marseille, France. Electronic address: hugocaso@hotmail.com.
² Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, La Conception Hôpital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, 147, boulevard Baille, 13005 Marseille, France.

PMID: 34088500
DOI: 10.1016/j.anplas.2021.05.001

Abstract

The tracheostomy procedure presents some long term complications such as the depressed scar. It can be responsible for a tracheal tug, invaginated scar, inaesthetic scar or all of them. No consensus has emerged in the treatment of this type of pathological scarring. We want to propose a new surgical approach to correct all these three pathological scarring mechanism by a subcutaneous flap in single operation.

Keywords: Cicatrice; Flaps; Lambeau; Scars; Tracheostomy; Trachéotomie.

MeSH terms

Cicatrix* / surgery
Humans
Plastic Surgery Procedures*
Surgical Flaps
Tracheostomy