title: [Congenital bronchoesophageal fistulas].
abstract: During the period from 1970 till 1996 six patients with congenital bronchoesophageal fistulas were operated upon which was 0.75% of all developmental defects of the lungs. The leading symptoms of bronchoesophageal fistulas in the clinical picture are cough during and after meals and discharge of food mass with sputum. Roentgeno-endoscopic examinations are thought to be the main diagnostic method. Radical treatment of patients with the respiratory-esophageal fistulas was facilitated by dissection of the fistula passage and closure of the openings in the esophagus and bronchus, covering the suture line on the esophagus with a flap of the mediastinal pleura, pericardium. The irreversible alterations in the lung tissue require a one-stage operation on the lung. Palliative operations (gastrostomy, jejunostomy) are indicated in severe pyo-destructive alterations in the lungs for preparation to radical operation.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Pavlunin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002648:Child; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic
vernacular_title: Vrozhdennye bronkhopishchevodnye svishchi.