Use of free thymic fat pad for recurrent tracheoesophageal fistula operation following esophageal atresia repair

• Main Authors: Takeshi Saito (Author), Hidemi Suzuki (Author), Takahiro Nakajima (Author), Yuichi Sakairi (Author), Keita Terui (Author), Mitsuyuki Nakata (Author), Shugo Komatsu (Author), Ichiro Yoshino (Author), Tomoro Hishiki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A 2-month-old boy who had undergone radical surgery for esophageal atresia at 10 h after birth started to present intermittent choking and coughing during suckling and sleep. Upper gastrointestinal series revealed recurrent tracheoesophageal fistula at the Th3 level. Enteral feeding via trans-jejuna...