Late manifestation of a large congenital tracheoesophageal fistula in an adult

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-62

  Saxena, Pankaj ^a,b   Tam, Robert ^a  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Tracheoesophageal fistula congenital surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURODESIS; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 33645537969     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 07302347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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