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Acquired tracheo-oesophageal fistula (A case report)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Arjun Dev ,
P Ghosh  and
R. C Deka
Arjun Dev*
Affiliation:
Senior Resident in ENT, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, NewDelhi-110 029, India.
P Ghosh
Affiliation:
Associate Prof. of ENT, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, NewDelhi-110 029, India.
R. C Deka
Affiliation:
Assistant Prof, of ENT, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, NewDelhi-110 029, India.
*
Dr. Arjun Dev, Department of ENT, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, NewDelhi-110 029, India.
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Summary

A case of acquired tracheo-oesophageal fistula in a 16-year-old boy, caused by a bullet wound, is presented. The fistula was located just below the cricoid cartilage and was successfully treated by excision of the fistula followed by enterposition of the sternomastoid muscle.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 102 , Issue 4 , April 1988 , pp. 378 - 379
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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