Open AccessSuccessful surgical management of an aorto-oesophageal fistula caused by button battery ingestion
Author(s) -
Sachin Mahajan,
Vivek Jaswal,
Shyam Kumar Singh Thingnam,
Neeti Dogra
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezy302
Subject(s) - medicine , foreign body ingestion , complication , fistula , surgery , ingestion , foreign body , cardiopulmonary bypass , anesthesia
Aorto-oesophageal fistula is a rare complication of foreign body ingestion from which few patients survive. Aggressive surgical treatment is the only form of effective therapy for this fatal complication. We present the successful surgical treatment of an aorto-oesophageal fistula in a child without using cardiopulmonary bypass.
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