Management of giant acquired tracheo-oesophageal fistula in a neonate using an oesophageal patch.
A neonate who underwent arterial switch operation had his postoperative course complicated by the development of tracheo-oesophageal fistula. He underwent multiple reparative procedures, ultimately requiring the oesophagus as a patch to close the large defect in the trachea and subsequent interposition of descending colon to restore the continuity of the upper gastrointestinal tract.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5ST, UK. mankalkat@hotmail.com
Maninder S
MS
Kalkat
J M
JM
Parmar
Frank J
FJ
Collins