Coronary disease and tracheal stenosis with tracheo-oesophageal fistula: a combined surgical procedure.
A patient with coronary disease class III of the New York Heart Association and tracheal stenosis with a tracheo-oesophageal fistula, which developed after long-term intubation, is described. As both conditions were symptomatic, an aortocoronary double bypass was combined with resection of the trachea and closure of the fistula. Postoperative recovery was uneventful and the patient is symptom-free after 3 years.
Wimmer-Greinecker
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I Surgical Department, AKH Linz, Austria.
Gross
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Mair
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Klima
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Harringer
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Brücke
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D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*