Tracheal intubation via esophagus in a patient with congenital tracheoesophageal fistula : A case report .
10.4097/kjae.2009.56.6.698
- Author:
Jin Hun CHUNG
1
;
Sang Woo SONG
;
Ki Ryang AHN
;
Chun Sook KIM
;
Kyu Sik KANG
;
Sie Hyeon YOO
;
Ji Won CHUNG
;
Ja Ug KOO
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Cheonan Hospital, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea. schanesth@lycos.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Airway;
Difficult intubation;
Tracheoesophageal fistula
- MeSH:
Adult;
Anesthesia, General;
Capnography;
Esophagus;
Hematoma;
Humans;
Intubation;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Mouth;
Parturition;
Thorax;
Tracheoesophageal Fistula;
Ventilation
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2009;56(6):698-702
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
H type of congenital tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) is rare, occurring approximately once in 100,000 births. The presentation of this anomaly in adults is indeed uncommon. We report a case of a 47-year-old male with congenital TEF dectected during epidural hematoma removal under general anesthesia. Intermittent disappearance of normal capnography, bubbling sound at substernal area, and air leakage at oral cavity observed during manually assisted ventilation, especially during inspiration. We observed a H-type of TEF and tracheal intubation via esophagus in chest CT after operation.
