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Case Reports
. 2019 Apr;122(4):e70-e71.
doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.01.005. Epub 2019 Feb 4.

Diagnosis of inadvertent oesophageal intubation with H-type tracheo-oesophageal fistula

Satyajeet Misra  1 , Bikram Kishore Behera  2 , Manoj Kumar Mohanty  2 , Subrat Kumar Sahoo  2
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Diagnosis of inadvertent oesophageal intubation with H-type tracheo-oesophageal fistula

Satyajeet Misra et al. Br J Anaesth. 2019 Apr.
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A patent fistula (arrow) is seen in the posterior tracheal wall 2.5–3 cm from the carina.
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