Closure of an iatrogenic tracheo-esophageal fistula with bronchoscopic gluing in a mechanically ventilated adult patient

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 328-329

  Scappaticci, Ermanno ^b   Ardissone, Francesco ^b   Baldi, Sergio ^b   Coni, Francesco ^b   Revello, Flavio ^b   Filosso, Pier Luigi ^b   Ruffini, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE ADHESIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEA SURGERY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642482498     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01379-1     Document Type: Article

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