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Successful airway stenting using silicone prosthesis for esophagobronchial fistula
Keisuke Miwa1, Masahiro Mitsuoka, Kohsuke Tayama
1Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan. keisuke@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
We present the case of a 55-year-old man with advanced esophageal cancer who was successfully treated using a self-expandable metallic stent (S-EMS) for 6 months and subsequently was treated for an esophagobronchial fistula as a complication of the initial S-EMS using a silicone airway stent for an additional 4 months. This is the first report in the literature concerning penetration into the airway of an S-EMS implanted in the esophagus. The present case suggests that airway stenting using a silicone stent as treatment for an esophagobronchial fistula may represent a useful modality.