Esophagocardioplasty for achalasia in closure of a complicated esophagobronchial fistula.
We report a rare case of benign esophagobronchial fistula associated with achalasia. The fistula healed spontaneously after esophagocardioplasty with a gastric patch, suggesting the utility of this procedure.
Horikoshi
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T
First Department of Internal Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
Horie
T
T
Sekiguchi
T
T
Kawamura
O
O
Kusano
M
M
Mori
M
M
Nakamura
S
S
Ohwada
S
S
D000328:Adult; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002299:Cardia / Q000601:surgery; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004944:Esophagoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans