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Endoscopic closure of refractory esophageal fistula after esophagectomy using polyglycolic acid sheets: a pilot study

open access: yesEndoscopy International Open, 2020
Background and study aims Esophageal fistulas after esophagectomy are associated with high mortality and poor quality of life. They are sometimes intractable to conservative management and surgery that increases mortality.
Yasuaki Nagami   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anatomy and embryology of tracheo-esophageal fistula [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Anomalies in tracheo-esophageal development result in a spectrum of congenital malformations ranging from, most commonly, esophageal atresia with or without trachea-esophageal fistula (EA+/-TEF) to esophageal web, duplication, stricture, tracheomalacia ...
Durkin, Natalie, De Coppi, Paolo
core   +2 more sources

A rare case of lung abscess due to esophageo-pulmonary fistula in asymptomatic carcinoma of esophagus

open access: yesMonaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2021
Acquired esophago-respiratory fistulae are usually esophago-tracheal or esophago-bronchial. Esophago-pulmonary fistulae are rare. Most patients present with cardinal symptoms of esophageal carcinoma or esophago-pulmonary fistula leading to early ...
Soumitra Ghosh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Navigating global collaboration: challenges faced by the international network on esophageal atresia

open access: yesOrphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
The International Network on Esophageal Atresia (INoEA) stands as a beacon of collaboration in addressing the complexities of this congenital condition on a global scale.
Frédéric Gottrand   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risks and Benefits of Feeding Enterostomy Creation During Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: A Propensity‐Weighted Analysis Using the Japanese National Clinical Database

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Feeding enterostomy during MIE was evaluated in 19 054 patients from the Japanese NCD using propensity weighting. Enterostomy was associated with higher reoperation and respiratory complications, but lower delayed gastric emptying and deep vein thrombosis, with no significant difference in overall bowel obstruction.
Eisuke Booka   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Atrio-esophageal fistula complicating esophageal achalasia

open access: yesInteractive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2011
A 75-year-old male, known to have achalasia, was admitted to the intensive care unit with massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding and sepsis. He had a history of purulent pericarditis 18 months earlier. He also presented with atrial fibrillation associated with a cerebral transient ischemic accident two months earlier.
Paul, Achouh   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Atresia do esôfago - análise de 88 casos. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Pediatria, Curso de Medicina, Florianópolis ...
Lauriano, Giórgia Coelho
core  

Extent of Lymph Node Dissection for cStage I Siewert Type I/II Cancers Based on Lymph Node Metastasis Risk Stratification

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim The optimal surgical strategy and extent of lymph node (LN) dissection for clinical Stage I (cStage I) adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (AEG) remain controversial. This study aimed to evaluate surgical outcomes and clarify the prevalence and distribution of LN metastasis according to tumor characteristics in cStage I Siewert ...
Masayoshi Terayama   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A retrospective cohort study on radio/chemotherapy and survival following esophageal fistula in esophageal cancer patients with prior radiotherapy

open access: yesBMC Cancer
Background/Objective Radiotherapy is a common treatment for patients with esophageal cancer. Esophageal fistula (perforation) is a serious complication in patients with advanced esophageal cancer.
Wencai Xu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Indocyanine green fluorescence imaging localization-assisted thoracoscopy revision surgery after repair of esophageal atresia

open access: yesBMC Gastroenterology, 2022
Revision surgery for the complications after repair of esophageal atresia is often complex because of previous surgeries and chest infections and thus requires surgical expertise.
Yanan Zhang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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