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Gastrotracheal fistula: a late complication after transhiatal esophagectomy
I L Kron1, A M Johnson, R F Morgan
1Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville 22908.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|May 1, 1989
Abstract:
A 51-year-old woman underwent a transhiatal esophagectomy for a failed antireflux procedure. She did well for 15 months, when she developed evidence of hemoptysis followed by tracheogastric fistula. She underwent operative repair with the use of a pericardial patch to replace the membranous trachea and interposition of a latissimus dorsi flap to isolate the stomach from the tracheal suture line. She has done well after this operation.