[A successfully treated case of empyema with a large tracheal fistula after subtotal esophagotomy by mediastinoscopy]

Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1998 Jun;46(6):583-6. doi: 10.1007/BF03250605.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We reported a successfully treated case of empyema with a large tracheal fistula after subtotal esophagotomy. This 59-year-old male was treated by drainage with mediastinoscopy and repeated wash-out under bronchoscopy, because we could not use the omentum and he was the poor-risk patient. The trancheal fistula was obliterated bronchoscopically, 4 months after the mediastinoscopy. We believe that this method (abscess drainage with mediastinoscope and wash-out repeatedly) is useful for those who has broncheal fistula after esophagectomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Bronchial Fistula / complications*
  • Bronchial Fistula / therapy
  • Drainage / methods*
  • Empyema, Pleural / therapy*
  • Endoscopy / methods*
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Esophagectomy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mediastinoscopy*
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Therapeutic Irrigation / methods