• Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann · Dec 2002

    Case Reports

    Acquired tracheoesophageal fistula following blunt trauma to the chest.

    • Bambarawane L A Karunaratne, Panini A Gooneratne, Savitri Wijesekara, and Gamini Goonetilleke.
    • Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Sri Jayawardenepura General Hospital, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka. blakaru@hotmail.com
    • Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2002 Dec 1; 10 (4): 349-50.

    AbstractTracheoesophageal fistula following blunt chest trauma is rare. Typically the patient is a young male with an elastic chest wall who is involved in a motor vehicle accident. In this case the victim was a motorcyclist who collided with a stationary lorry. He underwent surgery 4 weeks after the injury made an uncomplicated recovery.

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