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Esophagotracheal fistula after lithium disc battery ingestion successfully treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.

Petri NM, Mestrovic J, Andric D, Krzelj V, Stipancevic H.

Department of Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine, Naval Medical Institute, PO box 196 (HRM), 21000, Split, Croatia

We report a case of a 12-month-old child who acquired an esophagotracheal fistula of 5 mm in diameter after an ingested lithium disc battery impaction. Failure to recognize foreign body on chest X-rays resulted in a delay of 28 days in establishing the diagnosis.

Feeding via nasogastric tube and hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) resulted in a complete closure of the fistula after 17 HBOT 60 min sessions at 2.2 bars.

PMID: 12880674 [PubMed - in process]

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