World J Emerg Surg. 2010 Jul 21;5:20.

A case of gastropericardial fistula of a gastric tube after esophagectomy: a case report and review.

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Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center, 280 Sakuranosato, Ibaraki-machi, Ibaraki 311-3193 Japan. tamori@med.tohoku.ac.jp.

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A 65-year-old man who had received an esophagectomy 10 years earlier was admitted to our hospital for right chest pain. Preoperative examinations showed pneumopericardium, a retrosternal gastric tube, and an active gastric tube ulcer. We diagnosed gastropericardial fistula of the gastric tube ulcer. Emergency surgery included lavage and drainage of the pericardial cavity and plombage of the rectus abdominis muscle flap to the posterior space of the gastric tube. Total parental nutrition and/or enteric nutrition were provided. Due to minor leakage from the ulcer, the patient could start oral intake on the postoperative 49th day, and was discharged from the hospital on the postoperative 86th day after physical rehabilitation. He has been free from complications for more than 33 months after surgery. Here, we review the literature and discuss the etiology and treatment of choice for this rare yet lethal complication in the follow-up after esophagectomy.

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