| Tracheoesophageal Fistula Following Prolonged Tracheostomy Cannulation . |
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Bok Youl Kim |
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Department of Anesthesiology, Chonnam University, College of Medicine, Kwangju, Korea. |
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| Abstract |
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Tracheostomy cannulation, introduced since 1952 as a means of long-term ventilatory support, has occasionally resulted in severe traumatic lesions of trachea and tracheoesophageal fistula. This case report consists of a tracheoesophageal fistula developed 115 days after tracheostomy cannulation in a 61 year old driver with C.V.A. The causative factor in this patient seemed to be the tip of tracheostomy cannulation. |
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