Surgical treatment of H-type tracheoesophageal fistula diagnosed in an adult.
A new method is described for the repair of a congenital tracheoesophageal fistula in an adult. This technique uses a fiberoptic bronchoscope and passes a flexible vascular guidewire across the tracheoesophageal fistula. This maneuver then simplifies the intraoperative identification of the tracheoesophageal fistula, which is exposed and repaired through a left transcervical approach.
D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*