Post written by Biswa Ranjan Patra, MD, DM, from Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India. Refractory tracheoesophageal fistulas (TEFs) are difficult to treat, even with various surgical or endoscopic modalities. This case involves a 5-year-old child with a congenital TEF that recurred after 2 surgical corrections and endoscopic attempts at closure. We describe …
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A hybrid endoscopic technique to close tracheoesophageal fistula
Post written by Maoyin Pang, MD, PhD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. A 56-year-old male with a history of laryngeal malignancy status post laryngectomy and permanent tracheostomy and tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis placed 12 years ago was referred to our clinic for recurrent aspiration of both liquid and solid …
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Closure of a chronic tracheoesophageal fistula
Vivek Kumbhari, MD, FRACP from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, USA presents this video case titled "Closure of a chronic tracheoesophageal fistula by use of a cardiac septal occluder" from the VideoGIE section. In this video, we demonstrate the use of a cardiac septal occluder (Amplatzer; St Jude Medical, Plymouth, Minnesita, USA) to …
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