title: Successful Primary Repair of a Colopericardial Fistula: A Late Complication of Esophageal Replacement.
abstract: Colopericardial fistula after colonic interposition is a rare complication, with few prior reported cases. Management of such cases has usually consisted of resection of the colonic segment with cervical diversion. Here we present a case of successful primary repair of a colopericardial fistula in a 73-year-old woman who had initially undergone a colonic interposition graft 30 years before presentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Melinda Ellen
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Stack
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Salgia
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: wvignesw@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu.
authors.forename: Wickii Thambiah
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Vigneswaran
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003106:Colon / Q000637:transplantation*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010496:Pericardium; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012074:Remission Induction; D013997:Time Factors