Closure of a large tracheoesophageal fistula using AlloDerm
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Cardiac septal umbrella for closure of a tracheoesophageal fistula.
cluder (Amplatzer septal occluder [ASO]; AGA Corporation, Plymouth, Minnesota, USA), which is commonly adopted to close cardiac septal defects [1], but was used in the present case to treat an 83-year-old patient with a benign tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF). The TEF, which was caused by the accidental ingestion of dental amalgam, was previously treated unsuccessfully by the placement of a plas...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.11.014