Novel use of neonatal cuffed tracheal tube to occlude tracheo-oesophageal fistula.
The use of a cuffed tracheal tube is described to occlude the leak through a tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF) in a neonate and prevent gastric dilatation during positive-pressure lung ventilation.
Division of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Soroka University Medical Centre, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
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D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000601:surgery; D013271:Gastric Dilatation / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*