title: A technique using a rectus abdominis muscle flap in the treatment of adult congenital tracheoesophageal fistulas.
abstract: The authors successfully treated an adult with congenital tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) Gross-C type by the addition of an effective pedicled muscle flap. This patient had undergone 2 thoracotomies when he was an infant at another hospital; however, the fistula recurred. After transection and closure of the fistula, a right rectus abdominis muscle flap between the 2 stumps was interposed. The current case followed a favorable postoperative course; neither fistula nor abdominal hernia occurred.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Mikio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Takanobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sanada
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: Noriyoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sumiya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017568:Rectus Abdominis; D012008:Recurrence; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000601:surgery*