ESOPHAGOTRACHEAL fistula resulting from a foreign body lodged in the esophagus is rare. 1 One caused by a swallowed denture is reported below, and attention is called to the difficulties ...

This film was not examined before surgery. At thoracotomy the esophagus was normal, and there was no tracheoesophageal fistula. A rent in the posterior, inferior and lateral wall of the pharynx on ...

use of methods other than RF energy that may have a lesser tendency to produce esophageal injury leading to fistula formation when targeting tissue near the esophagus. Each will be considered in turn.