Figure 13 - Narrow-field laryngectomy for definitive separation of the upper alimentary and respiratory passages.
From the following article
Surgical intervention and treatment of oral, pharyngeal motor disorders
Eugene A. Chu and James H. Kelly
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo51
a: Area to be resected within dotted box. b: Pharyngeal mucosa spared. c: Strap muscles closure forming second layer over pharyngeal closure. (Source: Wisdom et al.47, with permission)
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