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Tracheo–oesophageal fistula as a complication of an oesophageal foreign body in the dog – a case report
Author(s) -
DODMAN N. H.,
BAKER G. J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1978.tb05494.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fistula , foreign body , surgery , complication , foreign bodies , general surgery , foreign body ingestion
A transthoracic oesophagotomy for the removal of an oesophageal foreign body from a 1^–year–old Yorkshire Terrier bitch is described. The surgical and anaesthetic management of this case was complicated by a tracheo–oesophageal fistula which had arisen as a sequel to oesophageal obstruction.