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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:676-677
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

New technology

INVITED COMMENTARY

Joseph LoCicero, III, MD

Department of Surgery, University of South Alabama, 2451 Fillingim St, Mastin 719, Mobile, AL 33671-2293, USA

jlocicero@usouthal.edu

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Tracheal replacement has a long and ignominious history. It has been the dream of thoracic surgeons since the early 1950s. At first, investigators fashioned prostheses out of materials such as Teflon, Marlex, and silicone elastomer tubing. The latter, the famed Neville prosthesis, introduced in 1970 hung around until the mid 1990s. Nearly all clinical applications failed owing to anastomotic disruption or infection. Despite this dismal result, much was learned about tracheal surgery.

Other observations concerning the dynamic nature of the trachea . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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