Multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of a patient with the consequences of severe traumatic brain injury and tracheoesophageal fistula

Abstract

An overview of the clinical observation of a patient with the consequences of severe traumatic brain injury, with a tracheoesophageal fistula is presented. The article discusses a staged multidisciplinary approach to treatment.

Keywords

• traumatic brain injury
• tracheostomy
• tracheoesophageal fistula
• gastrostomy
• cranioplasty