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Management of acquired tracheo-oesophageal fistula following intubation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. E. Camilleri
A. E. Camilleri*
Affiliation:
Glasgow
*
Mr A. E. Camilleri, Department of Otolaryngology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84, Castle Street, Glasgow G4 OSF.
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Abstract

The management of acquired tracheo-oesophageal fistula due to tracheal intubation is reviewed and a case complicated by left vocal cord palsy and subglottic stenosis is presented. Permanent cricothyroidostomy was used in the management of this original triad of complications.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 104 , Issue 3 , March 1990 , pp. 267 - 269
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1990

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