An Unusual Case of Tracheoesophageal Fistulae

Jadelis Giquel; Christina Matadial; Yiliam F. Rodriguez Blanco; Ricardo Martinez-Ruiz; Dao Nguyen; Keith Candiotti

doi:10.1155/2012/524687

Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2012)

An Unusual Case of Tracheoesophageal Fistulae

Jadelis Giquel,
Christina Matadial,
Yiliam F. Rodriguez Blanco,
Ricardo Martinez-Ruiz,
Dao Nguyen,
Keith Candiotti

Affiliations

Jadelis Giquel: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Veterans Hospital 1611 NW 12 Ave Miami, FL 33125, USA
Christina Matadial: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Veterans Hospital 1611 NW 12 Ave Miami, FL 33125, USA
Yiliam F. Rodriguez Blanco: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Veterans Hospital 1611 NW 12 Ave Miami, FL 33125, USA
Ricardo Martinez-Ruiz: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Veterans Hospital 1611 NW 12 Ave Miami, FL 33125, USA
Dao Nguyen: Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1611 NW 12 Ave Miami, FL 33125, USA
Keith Candiotti: Department of Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1611 NW 12 Ave Miami, FL 33125, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/524687
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2012

Abstract

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Acquired tracheoesophageal fistulae (TEF) are commonly due to malignancy (M. F. Reed and D. J. Mathisen, 2003). We present the case of a patient with a deceptive history for TEF and report an approach that provides adequate oxygenation, ventilation, surgical exposure, and postoperative analgesia with excellent outcome.

Published in Case Reports in Medicine

ISSN: 1687-9627 (Print); 1687-9635 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1683

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