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Successful esophageal bypass surgery in a patient with a large tracheoesophageal fistula following endotracheal stenting and chemoradiotherapy for advanced esophageal cancer: case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
A 63-year-old man with esophageal achalasia for more than 20 years complained of respiratory distress. He was admitted as an emergency to the referral hospital three months previously.
Chiyo Furushou   +9 more
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Esophageal atresia and tracheo-esophageal fistula

open access: yesSeminars in Pediatric Surgery, 2017
Management of esophageal atresia has merged from correction of the anomaly to the complete spectrum of management of esophageal atresia and all its sequelae. It is the purpose of this article to give an overview of all aspects involved in taking care of patients with esophageal atresia between January 2011 and June 2016, as well as the patients who ...
van der Zee, David C.   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

SELF-EXPANDABLE METAL STENT PLACEMENT FOR CLOSURE OF A LEAK AFTER TOTAL GASTRECTOMY FOR GASTRIC CANCER: REPORT ON THREE CASES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
consequently the management of this problem has become more critically focused than was previously possible. We report here three cases of placement of a partially silicone-coated SEMS (Evolution Controlled Release Esophageal Stent System, CookMedical ...
Attilio Ignazio Lo Monte   +12 more
core   +4 more sources

Esophageal - Respiratory Fistula in Advanced Esophageal Cancer: Report of Two Cases

open access: yesBasic & Clinical Cancer Research, 2022
Introduction: The incidence of malignant esophageal-respiratory fistulas in esophageal cancer patients is not so frequent. Development of fistula in esophageal cancer may be due to advanced disease or may be a radiotherapy related complication.
Diptajit Paul   +2 more
doaj  

A Nomogram for Predicting the Risk of Radiotherapy-Related Esophageal Fistula in Esophageal Cancer Patients

open access: yesFrontiers in Oncology, 2022
BackgroundTo construct and validate a nomogram for predicting the risk of esophageal fistula in esophageal cancer patients receiving radiotherapy.MethodsA retrospective nested case–control study was performed, in which a total of 81 esophageal fistula ...
Zhongxuan Gui   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Liver transplantation [PDF]

open access: yes, 1979
Human liver transplantation, which was first performed in man in Denver 15 years ago, has finally come of age in the past 2 years. The 1 year survival has improved from 28 per cent to 50 per cent in the recent Denver Second Series.
Koep, LJ, Starzl, TE, Terblanche, J
core   +1 more source

Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to an Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery-Esophageal Fistula: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2007
An aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA) is a common aortic arch abnormality. A case of a 57-year-old man presenting with melena and hypotension secondary to an ARSA-esophageal fistula is reported.
Adam Millar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk factors for esophageal fistula in thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma invading adjacent organs treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy: a monocentric case-control study

open access: yesBMC Cancer, 2018
Background Standard treatment for unresectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) without distant metastasis is definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT), in which the incidence of esophageal fistula (EF) is reported to be 10–12%.
Takeshi Kawakami   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Suture approximation of esophageal atresia leads to esophageal recanalization

open access: yesJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2022
Esophageal atresia is a congenital pathology in 1:4000 live newborns, which can occur isolated, associated with tracheoesophageal fistula or long gap (>2 vertebral bodies); the surgical objective is the ligation of the fistula and the esophageal ...
Patricio Galvez - Salazar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thoracoscopic repair of esophageal atresia through the right chest in neonates with right-sided aortic arch [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The management of neonates with esophageal atresia (EA) associated with right-sided aortic arch (RAA) is often difficult technically. Many surgeons would advise for repair through left-chest access.
Tam, PKH, Wong, KKY
core   +1 more source

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