title: Esophagocardioplasty for achalasia in closure of a complicated esophagobronchial fistula.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horikoshi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horie
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sekiguchi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kusano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohwada
mesh_terms: 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