title: Repair of tracheo-oesophageal fistula secondary to button battery ingestion: A combined cervical and median sternotomy approach.
abstract: A three-year-old child developed a large tracheo-oesophageal fistula secondary to a button battery being lodged in the upper oesophagus for 36 hours. The diagnosis was confirmed with a contrast swallow. Operative access was gained through a combined right cervical incision and complete median sternotomy. Repair of the fistula required a segmental resection of both the trachea and oesophagus followed by primary anastomosis.
authors: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors: Milan
authors: M
authors: Gopal
authors: Chris
authors: C
authors: Westgarth-Taylor
authors: Jerome
authors: J
authors: Loveland
mesh_terms: D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003679:Deglutition; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods; D004944:Esophagoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*