Precise localization of a recurrent tracheo-oesophageal fistula using retrograde guide wire placement.
A 4-month-old-infant was presented with a presumptive diagnosis of a recurrent tracheo-oesophageal fistula. Preoperative bronchoscopy failed to reveal any defects on the tracheal lumen; however, combined oesophagoscopy and bronchoscopy successfully identified the tracheal orifice of the fistula, which facilitated surgical identification of the recurrent fistula and proper placement of the tracheal tube.
Department of Anesthesiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan.
Yukako
Y
Hotta
Shoichi
S
Uezono
Osamu
O
Segawa
Ayako
A
Muto
Keiko
K
Nishiyama
Osamu
O
Nagata
Makoto
M
Ozaki
D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D012008:Recurrence; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery