Acquired tracheoesophageal fistula following disc-battery ingestion: Can we watch and wait?

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 699-706

  Grisel, Jedidiah J ^a   Richter, Gresham T ^a   Casper, Keith A ^a   Thompson, Dana M ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired; Battery; Closure; Esophagus; Repair; Spontaneous closure; Technique; Tracheoesophageal fistula; Transtracheal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DYSPHASIA; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 41149109980     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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