Tracheoesophageal Fistula Following Prolonged Tracheostomy Cannulation .

Author: Bok Youl KIM ¹
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1. Department of Anesthesiology, Chonnam University, College of Medicine, Kwangju, Korea.
Publication Type:Original Article
MeSH: Catheterization*; Humans; Middle Aged; Trachea; Tracheoesophageal Fistula*; Tracheostomy*
From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 1972;5(1):61-64
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:Korean
Abstract: 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.