Video mediastinoscopic division of a congenital esophagobronchial fistula with esophageal diverticulum by a paraesophageal approach.
We treated a patient with an esophagobronchial fistula accompanied by stomach cancer. Using an endo-stapling technique, the fistula was divided video mediastinoscopically by a paraesophageal approach through the esophageal hiatus in the diaphragm.
Kido
T
T
Department of Surgery, Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, Japan. t-1037@oph.gr.jp
Nakahara
M
M
Imabun
S
S
Nakao
K
K
D000368:Aged; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*; D004936:Diverticulum, Esophageal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008481:Mediastinoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D017792:Surgical Stapling / Q000379:methods; D014743:Videotape Recording