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.
Hotta
Yukako
Y
Department of Anesthesiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan.
Uezono
Shoichi
S
Segawa
Osamu
O
Muto
Ayako
A
Nishiyama
Keiko
K
Nagata
Osamu
O
Ozaki
Makoto
M
D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D012008:Recurrence; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery