The surgical approach of late-onset tracheoesophageal fistula in a tracheostomized COVID-19 patient
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2023 In the COVID-19 era the tracheal complications due to prolonged mechanical ventilation have significantly increased. Acquired tracheoesophageal fistula is one of those in ventilated COVID-19 patients.
Nicola Rotolo +5 more
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Iatrogenic Tracheoesophageal Fistula [PDF]
Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 2009 A 60-year-old woman presented with difficulty in breathing due to tracheal compression from limited stage small cell lung cancer (Fig. 1A). A prophylactic Niti-S stent (Taewoong Medical, Seoul, Korea) was deployed in the distal trachea before chemoradiotherapy.
Shaida, Nadeem +2 more
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Tracheoesophageal Fistula in a COVID-19 Ventilated Patient: A Challenging Therapeutic Decision
Case Reports in Surgery, 2021 COVID-19 associated severe respiratory failure frequently requires admission to an intensive care unit, tracheal intubation, and mechanical ventilation. Among the risks of prolonged mechanical ventilation under these conditions, there is the development ...
Riccardo Rosati +6 more
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New surgical treatment for nonneoplastic tracheoesophageal fistula
Бюллетень сибирской медицины, 2012 Original method of nonneoplastic tracheoesophageal fistula disjunction using compression construction with shape memory has been developed. The experimental study was performed on mongrels with preliminarily made tracheoesophageal fistula.
Ye. B. Topolnitsky +1 more
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Compromised ventilation caused by tracheoesophageal fistula and gastrointestinal endoscope undergoing removal of disk battery on esophagus in pediatric patient -A case report- [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2011 Ingestion of disk batteries may have serious complications such as esophageal burn, perforation, and tracheoesophageal fistula, particularly when the battery is caught in the esophagus.
Kyung-Woo Kim +6 more
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Impact of Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy and Surgery in Multimodal Treatment of Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer [PDF]
, 2011 Objectives: It was the aim of this study to assess our institutional experience with definitive chemoradiation (CRT) versus induction chemotherapy followed by CRT with or without surgery (C-CRT/S) in esophageal cancer.
Adams R +23 more
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Insertion of Provox®2 voice prosthesis using the anterograde technique immediately after the secondary tracheoesophageal puncture [PDF]
, 2005 Insertion of a voice prosthesis through the tracheoesophageal puncture (TEP) is one way to restore the voice after total laryngectomy. The second generation Provox voice prosthesis is presently one of the most popular devices.
Lam, P, Ng, RWM, Wong, BYH
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Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2015 Foreign body ingestion is common in the pediatric population and the mainstay of treatment is typically endoscopic removal. Complications such as tracheoesophageal fistula may occur due to foreign body ingestion.
Victoria Valinluck Lao +3 more
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Delayed diagnosis of high proximal tracheoesophageal fistula in esophageal atresia and a novel approach to the treatment of tracheomalacia by submanubrial tracheopexy [PDF]
, 2014 An infant with esophageal atresia (EA) had delayed diagnosis of proximal tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) and severe tracheomalacia. We recommend bronchoscopy via laryngeal mask or rigid bronchoscopy to rule out associated TEF in infants diagnosed with ...
Candice Bjornson +4 more
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Anatomic Thoracoscopic Repair of Esophageal Atresia [PDF]
, 2017 Background: The thoracoscopic approach to repair esophageal atresia (EA) with tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) provides excellent view, allowing the most skillful surgeons to spare the azygos vein by performing the esophageal anastomosis over (on the ...
Al Tokhais +13 more
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