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. 2012 Jan;28(1):140-1.
doi: 10.4103/0970-9185.92478.

Posttracheostomy tracheoesophageal fistula

Manoj K Sanwal  1 , Pragati Ganjoo, Monica S Tandon
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Posttracheostomy tracheoesophageal fistula

Manoj K Sanwal et al. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2012 Jan.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Barium-swallow with a water soluble contrast showing selective opacification of the left lower lobe bronchus (arrow) suggestive of a tracheoesophageal fistula
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