Esophagotracheal fistula caused by gastroesophageal reflux 9 years after esophagectomy

Kiyotomi Maruyama; Satoru Motoyama; Manabu Okuyama; Yusuke Sato; Kaori Hayashi; Yoshihiro Minamiya; Jun-ichi Ogawa

doi:10.3748/wjg.v13.i5.801

Esophagotracheal fistula caused by gastroesophageal reflux 9 years after esophagectomy

World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Feb 7;13(5):801-3. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i5.801.

Authors

Kiyotomi Maruyama¹, Satoru Motoyama, Manabu Okuyama, Yusuke Sato, Kaori Hayashi, Yoshihiro Minamiya, Jun-ichi Ogawa

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8543, Japan. [email protected]

Abstract

Fistula between digestive tract and airway is one of the complications after esophagectomy with lymph node dissection. A case of esophagotracheal fistula secondary to esophagitis 9 years after esophagectomy and gastric pull-up for treatment of esophageal carcinoma is described. It was successfully treated with transposition of a pedicled pectoralis major muscle flap.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Endoscopy, Digestive System
Esophagectomy*
Esophagitis / complications
Esophagitis / surgery
Gastroesophageal Reflux / complications*
Gastroesophageal Reflux / surgery*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tracheoesophageal Fistula / diagnostic imaging
Tracheoesophageal Fistula / etiology*
Tracheoesophageal Fistula / pathology