title: [Tracheoesophageal fistula in an intubated patient. Treatment through exclusion and esophageal patch].
abstract: Currently, acquired benign tracheoesophageal fistulas are mainly iatrogenic lesions produced by prolonged tracheal intubation. Their occurrence in intubated patients is infrequent but devastating and their therapeutic resolution is highly complex. We present the case of a patient with an extensive tracheoesophageal fistula following tracheal intubation that was surgically treated through esophageal exclusion (cervical esophagostomy and suture-stapling of the distal esophagus) and closure of the tracheal defect using the posterior esophageal wall.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General y Aparato Digestivo, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Xeral-Cíes, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Castro
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iribarren
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rivo
authors.forename: Reyes
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meléndez
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nóvoa
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cañizares
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gil
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery