Early presentation of postintubation tracheoesophageal fistula: Perioperative anesthetic management

• Main Authors: Depinder Kaur (Author), Saurabh Anand (Author), Prakash Sharma (Author), Ashwini Kumar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) in adults occurs as a result of trauma, malignancy, cuff-induced tracheal necrosis from prolonged mechanical ventilation, traumatic endotracheal intubation, foreign body ingestion, prolonged presence of rigid nasogastric tube, and surgical complication. Anesthetic man...