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Unusual complication of surgical voice restoration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

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Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, UK
L. Slack
Affiliation:
Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, UK
G. Athey
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, UK
A. Robson
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, UK

Abstract

A case of oesophageal obstruction following the removal of a tracheoesophageal valve by division is presented. The obstruction was caused by impaction of a portion of thevalve at a previously undiscovered benign oesophageal stricture. The obstruction was resolved by interventional radiology with no long-term sequelae. To the best of our knowledge this complication has not been described previously.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2004

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