Tracheoesophageal Fistula with Tracheal Dilatation in a Patient with a Tracheostomy Using a Home Mechanical Ventilator
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successful airway management in a patient with tracheal stenosis and tracheoesophageal fistula: a case report.
a twenty-year-old girl was referred with tracheal stenosis (ts) which was a consequence of prolonged intubation after head injury because of previous car accident. the patient was aphasic and had normal respiration. fiberoptic bronchoscopy showed complete tracheal obstruction at second tracheal ring level. distal trachea was normal through tracheostomy tube. removal of the tracheostomy tube and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1738-9364,2289-0769
DOI: 10.3904/kjm.2014.87.1.87