Abstract
The authors report a child with tracheoesophageal fistula secondary to disk battery
ingestion. With respiratory compromise precluding expectant therapy and primary repair
not achievable, gastric interposition and tracheal patch repair were undertaken in
the acute phase. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of primary gastric
interposition for traumatic tracheoesophageal fistula and suggest that immediate reconstruction
can give an outcome at least as good as other reported approaches.
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