Gastric tube-to-tracheal fistula closed with a latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap.
A gastric tube-to-airway fistula is a very rare complication after esophageal reconstruction. A patient with a gastric tube-to-tracheal fistula that developed more than 9 years after surgery for cancer of the cervical esophagus was treated with transposition of a pedicled latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap. Careful perioperative respiratory management helped save the patient's life.
Hayashi
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Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Ando
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N
Ozawa
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S
Tsujizuka
K
K
Kitajima
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M
Kaneko
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T
D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016629:Esophagectomy; D005260:Female; D005747:Gastric Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000601:surgery*