Flap-based Closure of Acquired Tracheoesophageal Fistulas

Laryngoscope. 2024 Mar 11. doi: 10.1002/lary.31386. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

Iatrogenic tracheoesophageal fistulae management and repair are difficult to manage with few resourced describing management and repair. Two cases are presented describing the approach to and repair of a tracheoesophagea fistula; one with a free flap and one with local flap reconstruction. Both cases utilized allograft material to maintain separation between the alimentary and repiratory tracts. Laryngoscope, 2024.

Keywords: TEF; airway reconstruction; esophageal reconstruction; free flap; tracheal reconstruction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports