Tracheostomy has become a common procedure in today's intensive care units. On the other hand, tracheostomy has some life-threat-ening complications. In here, we presented that an interesting case of a tracheaesophageal fistula, rare complication of surgical trache-ostomy, caused by posterior tracheal membrane laceration than has progressed to form a single passage. This passage progressively led both air trapping in gastrointestinal tract due to required mechanical ventilatory support and reflux of gastrointestinal content into tracheobronchial tree. Conventional measures were not beneficial, nor immediate surgical repair was feasible due to unstable condition of the patient. Then, a Sengstaken-Blackmore tube was introduced and overwhelmed the condition.
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May 2024
Department of Surgery and Science, Faculty of Medicine, Academic Assembly, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan.
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December 2023
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, and Surgical Gastroenterology, Hepatopancreatico-Biliary Unit, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Objectives: To evaluate factors influencing in-hospital mortality after salvage TIPS (sTIPS) in patients with exsanguinating variceal bleeding despite medical treatment and endoscopic intervention.
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