slide tracheoplasty

slide tracheoplasty

an operation for the repair of long tracheal stenosis in which anterior and posterior flaps of tracheal wall are advanced vertically and sutured together to reconstruct the tracheal lumen.

slide tra·che·o·plas·ty

(slīd trā'kē-ō-plas-tē) An operation for the repair of long tracheal stenosis in which anterior and posterior sliding flaps of the tracheal wall are sutured together to reconstruct the tracheal lumen.