Sparing Surgery for the Successful Treatment of Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma Invading the Trachea: A Case Report

• Main Authors: Denis Kulbakin, Timofey Chekalkin, Marat Muhamedov, Evgeniy Choynzonov, Ji-hoon Kang, Seung-baik Kang, Victor Gunther
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Karger Publishers 2016-11-01
• Series: Case Reports in Oncology
• Subjects: Sparing surgery; Thyroid papillary carcinoma; Tracheal reconstruction; Prefabrication; Knitted TiNi-based mesh endograft
• Online Access: http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/452790

Published reports on salvage treatment for trachea reconstruction after total thyroidectomy or partial tracheotomy are available, some of them using structures of the trachea itself, auricular cartilage, a musculocutaneous flap, or other methods. In our report, we emphasize the importance of a search for a new material and approach for sparing surgery. The purpose of this article is to describe a case of a successful sparing surgery in a patient with advanced thyroid papillary carcinoma invading the trachea. After total thyroidectomy in 2012, partial resection of the trachea was performed in 2014. The lesion defect was 5.5 × 2.3 cm in size, located between 4 (2nd–6th) tracheal cartilaginous rings and involving about a semicircumference. It was reconstructed with the aid of the knitted TiNi-based mesh endograft, which has been prefabricated in the sternocleidomastoid muscle and further covered with the skin draped over the wound. The tracheostoma was fully closed 6 weeks after the surgery. There were neither side effects nor complications. This kind of tracheal surgery for extensive lesions demonstrates good functional and cosmetic outcomes.