TY - JOUR
T1 - False vocal cord perforation with abscess treated by negative pressure wound therapy
AU - Makihara, Seiichiro
AU - Kariya, Shin
AU - Naito, Tomoyuki
AU - Uraguchi, Kensuke
AU - Matsumoto, Junya
AU - Noda, Yohei
AU - Okano, Mitsuhiro
AU - Nishizaki, Kazunori
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Perforation of the larynx is very rare but may result in severe airway complications that include pneumothorax, pneumonia, mediastinitis, and retropharyngeal abscess. If conservative treatment fails, aggressive treatments including reconstructive surgery with pedicle flap are considered. Negative pressure wound therapy has been used for large skin defects, necrotizing fasciitis, pharyngocutaneous fistula, stoma dehiscence, osteoradionecrosis of the mandible, chyle fistula, flap failure, and lymphangioma in the field of head and neck surgery. We report a case of false vocal cord perforation with abscess successfully treated by negative pressure wound therapy after abscess treatment. The result suggests that negative pressure wound therapy can be an alternative or adjunctive approach for larynx perforation when the perforation is difficult to close after conservative therapy.
AB - Perforation of the larynx is very rare but may result in severe airway complications that include pneumothorax, pneumonia, mediastinitis, and retropharyngeal abscess. If conservative treatment fails, aggressive treatments including reconstructive surgery with pedicle flap are considered. Negative pressure wound therapy has been used for large skin defects, necrotizing fasciitis, pharyngocutaneous fistula, stoma dehiscence, osteoradionecrosis of the mandible, chyle fistula, flap failure, and lymphangioma in the field of head and neck surgery. We report a case of false vocal cord perforation with abscess successfully treated by negative pressure wound therapy after abscess treatment. The result suggests that negative pressure wound therapy can be an alternative or adjunctive approach for larynx perforation when the perforation is difficult to close after conservative therapy.
KW - Negative pressure wound therapy
KW - deep neck abscess
KW - false vocal cord perforation
KW - head and neck fistula
KW - larynx perforation
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U2 - 10.1177/2050313X20915415
DO - 10.1177/2050313X20915415
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85093645126
VL - 8
JO - SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
JF - SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
SN - 2050-313X
ER -