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1: Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2002 Apr;50(2):113-6.Click here to read Links

Gastrobronchial fistula repair followed by esophageal leak--rescue by transesophageal drainage of the pleural cavity.

Brega Massone PP, Infante M, Valente M, Conti B, Carboni U, Cataldo I.

Oncologic Thoracic Surgery Department, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, Italy. ppbm@virgilio.it

A gastrobronchial fistula (GBF) associated with bilateral aspiration pneumonia was diagnosed six years after an esophagectomy with gastric pull-up. After failed surgical repair, an uncontained esophagopleural leak developed. Fistula closure was attempted by implanting a Wilson-Cook endoprosthesis, which quickly became dislodged. Transesophageal drainage was positioned endoscopically through the suture-line defect and led to closure of the leak after 10 days.

PMID: 11981718 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]