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Repair of massive stent-induced tracheoesophageal fistula
Yong Han1, Kun Liu, Xiaofei Li
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital of The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Objective:
The purpose of this report was to discuss a new surgical procedure in treating esophageal stent related large tracheoesophageal fistula without tracheal resection.
Methods:
Clinical records of 5 patients with esophageal stent-related large tracheoesophageal fistulas treated in this hospital between 1997 and 2006 were reviewed.
Result:
All patients had insertion of a covered self-expanding esophageal stent, 1 for benign esophageal stricture and 4 for esophageal perforation resulting from various causes. A double patch technique, in which the esophageal wall was used as a protective patch repairing the defect on the trachea, was performed with an esophagectomy and gastric replacement. No significant complications occurred in the perioperative period. All patients recovered uneventfully.
Conclusions:
Use of the adjacent esophageal wall as a patch to close a defect on the trachea is a safe procedure with a favorable outcome. It should therefore be recommended as a reliable surgical procedure in treating massive stent-induced tracheoesophageal fistulas and other complicated tracheoesophageal fistulas that tracheal resection could not safely address. However, the esophagus was damaged to a certain degree.
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