title: Tracheoesophageal fistula secondary to disk battery ingestion: a case report of gastric interposition and tracheal patch.
abstract: The authors report a child with tracheoesophageal fistula secondary to disk battery ingestion. With respiratory compromise precluding expectant therapy and primary repair not achievable, gastric interposition and tracheal patch repair were undertaken in the acute phase. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of primary gastric interposition for traumatic tracheoesophageal fistula and suggest that immediate reconstruction can give an outcome at least as good as other reported approaches.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, The Royal Victoria Infirmary, NE1 4LP Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP United Kingdom. philiphammond@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jaffray
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008094:Lithium; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014139:Tracheostomy
chemical_list: D008094:Lithium