Tracheoesophageal fistula: New option in management
β Scribed by Surinder K. Singhal; Ramandeep S. Virk; Arjun Dass; Bimaljit Singh Sandhu
- Book ID
- 105706254
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 599 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0019-5421
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Giant tracheoesophageal fistulas (TEF) present a significant management problem for the head and neck surgeon. Chronic aspiration and sepsis are associated complications that occur in these patients, who are frequently already debilitated from preexisting medical calamities. The combination results
## Background: Failure in the primary repair of a benign acquired tracheoesophageal fistula limits the operative options available at revision. use of a fascial free flap to treat this condition has not been previously reported. ## Methods: We review the case of a patient who had a tracheoesophag