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[Congenital tracheoesophageal fistula in the adult]
1Klinik für Allgemein- und Thoraxchirurgie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen.
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift Fur Alle Gebiete Der Operativen Medizen
|February 1, 1995
Abstract:
Congenital esophago-tracheal and esophago-bronchial fistulae are rare. Symptoms are recurrent pneumonia, cough, dysphagia and pain. The diagnosis is made by bronchoscopy or esophagoscopy. Every time the diagnosis is certain, the fistula has to be exstirpated by means of a thoracotomy and plastic reconstructive flap surgery.