A tracheoesophageal fistula mostly affects newborns. It happens when there's a faulty connection between the windpipe and esophagus.

Range in Incidence of Esophageal Fistula Esophageal fistula is the result of thermal injury to the esophagus or surrounding structures during catheter ablation of AF. Prior reports have suggested the ...

A two-year-old Colorado boy nearly died last May after swallowing a battery that had popped out of a remote control, The Sun reported.

ESOPHAGEAL atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula are congenital anomalies that, until twenty years ago, had a very grave prognosis. Leven1 and Ladd,2 using a multiple-stage procedure, were among th ...

CONGENITAL tracheoesophageal fistula without esophageal atresia has rarely been diagnosed in the first few days of life. This case reported below is presented to demonstrate that the condition does ...

Perforation at a site of Hodgkin disease in the esophagus was the cause of most cases of tracheoesophageal fistula formation. 2,3,4 To our knowledge, however, the literature currently includes no ...

As of March 22, 2007, six additional cases of TE fistula have also been reported worldwide in other lung and esophageal cancer studies involving the use of Avastin and chemotherapy alone or along ...

The updates emphasize the risk of atrio-esophageal fistula and practices that may minimize risk, based on the observation that location, frequency, and intensity of cryoablation applications may ...

The FDA has authorized the use of Cook Medical’s device for the treatment of infants born with a defect that causes a gap in the esophagus. It was OK’d via the agency’s Humanitarian Device ...