Tracheoesophageal Fistula Repair by Sternocleidomastoid Muscle Rotation

Abstract

Application of voice prothesis is a common and useful method for providing talking after total laryngectomy. Due to problems like inability to use the prosthesis, infection of fistula, fluid escape around prothesis and extract of prothesis patients may reject usage of prothesis. Sixty-five year-old man, had been operated for subglottic larynx cancer one year ago. He had referred to our clinic for extracting voice prothesis Provox® (Atos Medical AB, Hörby, Sweden). He had complained about inability of usage voice prothesis. Surgical treatment for closure of fistula had been recommended. Rotation of the sternocleidomastoid muscle successfully closed the fistula.

Keywords

• tracheostomy
• tracheoesophageal fistula
• laryngectomy