title: Multiple fistulas and tracheobronchial stenoses require extensive stenting of the central airways and esophagus in squamous-cell carcinoma.
abstract: We report here on two cases of double airway and esophageal stenting in patients with multiple esophagotracheal fistulas and stenoses of the airways and esophagus due to squamous-cell carcinoma. Dumon stents and a Strecker device were used for tracheobronchial stenting. Covered Gianturco Z-stents were implanted into the esophagus. In one case, extrinsic compression of the trachea and tumor progression required recanalization by Nd:YAG laser. Clinical improvement led to discharge of the patients within two weeks after the procedure. The results show that simultaneous implantation of stents in the central airways and covered Gianturco Z-stents in the esophagus is an effective therapeutic strategy in patients with tracheal and esophageal obstructions and esophagorespiratory fistulas. Further systematic studies evaluating double stenting are warranted.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Internal Medicine I, Medical School (Charité), Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Witt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ortner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ewert
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Steiniger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baumann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lochs
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schreiber
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000628:therapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D015607:Stents; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000628:therapy*