Surgical management of acquired tracheo/bronchoesophageal fistula associated with esophageal diverticulum

Surgical Treatment of the Esophageal Diverticulum

Purpose: Clinical presentation and surgical results of the esophageal diverticula were analyzed. Methods: Ten patients who underwent esophageal diverticulectomy with myotomy from May 1999 to May 2008 were reviewed retrospectively. Results: Three pharyngoesophageal, one midesophageal and six epiphrenic diverticula were observed and transcervical, right transthoracic and left transthoracic surgic...

Surgical management of acquired rectourethral fistula, emphasizing the posterior approach.

Rectourethral fistula is an uncommon surgical entity having a variety of congenital and acquired causes. Although several surgical approaches have been proposed in the literature, successful repair is often difficult. The 2 patients described had rectourethral fistulas after radical prostatectomy. One patient failed previous transabdominal and perineal repairs. The authors propose a 3-step appr...

Management of Oro-antral Communication and Fistula: Various Surgical Options

Oro-antral communication and fistula can occur as a result of inadequate and improper treatment. Inadvertent communication with the maxillary sinus can occur during certain surgical procedures in the maxillary posterior region. Though, spontaneous healing may occur in defects which are smaller than 2 mm but larger communications require immediate attention and should be treated without delay, i...

Acquired arteriovenous fistula associated with traumatic oroantral fistula: endovascular treatment.

BACKGROUND Oroantral fistulas are pathologic connections between the oral cavity and the maxillary sinus. Arteriovenous fistulas are abnormal connections between an artery and a vein with no intervening capillary network. METHODS We present an extremely rare case of barotrauma-related oroantral fistula with an associated arteriovenous fistula between the internal maxillary artery and the opht...

Aortic-esophageal fistula: attempted surgical repair.