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Gastro-tracheal fistula - unusual and life threatening complication after esophagectomy for cancer: a case report |
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| Authors: | Jane E Nardella Dirk Van Raemdonck Hubert Piessevaux Pierre Deprez Rapha?l Droissart Jean-Pierre Staudt David Heuker and Etienne van Vyve |
| Institution: | (1) Department of Surgery, St Jean Hospital, Brussels, Belgium;(2) Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium;(3) Department of Gastro-Enterology, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Universit? Catholique Louvain, Brussels, Belgium |
| Abstract: | BackgroundA gastro-tracheal fistula following esophagectomy for cancer is a rare but potentially lethal complication. We report the successful surgical closure after failed endoscopic treatment, of a gastro-tracheal fistula following esophago-gastrectomy for cancer after induction chemo-radiotherapy. |
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