Endoscopic palliative treatement of a post-radiation tracheoesophageal fistula.

نویسندگان

  • G Lucantoni
  • C Lombardi
  • G Galluccio
چکیده

Malignant Tracheoesophageal Fistula (TEF) is a life-threatening condition and conventional palliative surgical approach sometimes could be very dangerous or not suitable. We describe a case of a post-radiation TEF involving distal trachea and main carina treated by the placement of endotracheal silicon stent.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • European review for medical and pharmacological sciences

دوره 16 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012