tracheoplasty

tracheoplasty
Plastic surgery of the trachea. [tracheo- + G. plastos, formed]
- slide t. an operation for the repair of long tracheal stenosis in which anterior and posterior sliding flaps of tracheal wall are sutured together to reconstruct the tracheal lumen.

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tra·cheo·plas·ty 'trā-kē-ə-.plas-tē n, pl -ties plastic surgery on the trachea

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tra·cheo·plas·ty (traґke-o-plas″te) [tracheo- + -plasty] plastic repair of the trachea. tracheoplastic adj

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • slide tracheoplasty — surgical treatment of tracheal stenosis by dividing the stenosis at the midpoint, incising the segments vertically on opposite anterior and posterior surfaces, and sliding the segments together to create an anastomosis with a widened lumen …   Medical dictionary

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