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Cooling or Warming the Esophagus to Reduce Esophageal Injury During Left Atrial Ablation in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation. [PDF]
, 2020 Ablation of the left atrium using either radiofrequency (RF) or cryothermal energy is an effective treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF) and is the most frequent type of cardiac ablation procedure performed. Although generally safe, collateral injury to
Arnold, M +16 more
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Esophageal-Pleural Fistula: the Cause or Effect of Recurrent Pneumonia?
Case Reports in Clinical Practice, 2023 Esophageal-pleural (E-P) fistula is introduced to be an uncommon clinical finding maybe due to non-specific clinical pointers and vague radiologic clues.
Hamid Asadzadeh Aghdaei +4 more
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Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2022 Simultaneous esophageal resection and pulmonary lobectomy for synchronous esophageal cancer and lung cancer is associated with an increased risk of postoperative complications, including esophageal leakage and broncho-pleural fistula [1].
Piotr Gabryel +4 more
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Effect of preoperative thoracic duct drainage on canine kidney transplantation [PDF]
, 1996 Chronic drainage of the thoracic duct to the esophagus was developed in dogs, and its efficacy in immunomodulation was tested using kidney transplantation. Compared to 9.7 days in the control, the mean animal survival was prolonged to 9.9 days, 17.8 days,
Archimbaud JP +43 more
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Esophageal atresia: Long-term morbidities in adolescence and adulthood [PDF]
, 2013 Survival rates in esophageal atresia (EA) patients have reached 90%. In long-term follow-up studies the focus has shifted from purely surgical or gastrointestinal evaluation to a multidisciplinary approach.
Beelen, N.W.G. (Nicole) van +2 more
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Diagnosis and outcome of oesophageal Crohn's disease [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Crohn's disease (CD) can involve any part of the gastrointestinal tract. We aimed to characterize clinical, endoscopic, histologic features and treatment outcomes of CD patients with oesophageal involvement.
Beaton, D +11 more
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Impact of Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy and Surgery in Multimodal Treatment of Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer [PDF]
, 2011 Objectives: It was the aim of this study to assess our institutional experience with definitive chemoradiation (CRT) versus induction chemotherapy followed by CRT with or without surgery (C-CRT/S) in esophageal cancer.
Adams R +23 more
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Lung India, 2011 Bronchopleural fistulas can occur from a number of causes (infective, traumatic, or neoplastic). Combined esophageal-pleural and bronchopleural fistula is not a common entity and previously has been reported after pneumonectomy.
Manisha Jana +3 more
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Frontiers in Surgery, 2023 Bronchoesophageal fistula is a serious threat to the survival after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. The erosion of mediastinal abscess post anastomotic leakage is the most likely directly cause.
Jianwei Cao +4 more
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Transcatheter arterial embolization for intercostal arterio-esophageal fistula in esophageal cancer
Surgical Case Reports, 2017 Background While esophageal fistula formation in the adjacent organs is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality, the management of non-aortic arterio-esophageal fistula has not been frequently reported.
Tetsuya Tajima +6 more
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