Patients with head and neck cancer often have synchronous or metachronous esophageal squamous cell carcinoma or its precursor [1–4]. Multimodal therapy may be necessary for patients with multiple cancers. In patients with metachronous double cancers, the prior treatment of the first primary carcinoma often affects the treatment of the second cancer [5]. We herein report on a 51-year-old man wit...

Esophago-pleural fistula associated with thoracic aortic aneurysm is a rare and lethal complication. We report the case of a 62-year-old male who suffered from esophago-pleural fistula 56 days after thoracoabdominal aortic surgery. Contrasted CT showed that the fistula occurred at the level of the esophagus compressed by rapid dilatation of thoracic aorta and endoscopy revealed no ischemic sign...

In cervical spine surgery there are known risk of complications such as esophageal fistula and dural tear. Usually the gold standard in treatment is represented by surgery. The sternocleidomastoid flap most common used revision procedure. this paper we propose a modified surgical technique harvesting SCM suggest its use prevention selected cases.

Background and purposeDespite definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) being a recommended therapeutic method for patients with T4b esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), treatment response complications remain unclear. Esophageal fistula is severe CRT-related complication when treating locally advanced ESCC, but data on risk factors that lead to formation are limited. The aim of this analysis ch...

Radiofrequency (RF) ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with a risk of collateral esophageal injury, of which an atrio-esophageal fistula is the most devastating complication. Transesophageal echo (TEE) is used commonly at the time of AF ablation procedures to exclude left atrial thrombus, define cardiac function, and in some centers to guide transseptal puncture. Recently, Nguye...

Background: There have been reports on stent-related vascular erosions about patients with benign or malignant stenosis of the esophagus who received endoscopic stent insertion for palliative intention for oral intake. Case presentation: A 61-year-old woman with esophageal cancer located in the middle part of esophagus was treated with esophagectomy. Two years following the surgery, malignan...

OBJECTIVE Assess outcome of patients with descending thoracic aortic aneurysms complicated by aortobronchial and aortoesophageal fistulae in comparison to patients undergoing repair of aortic aneurysms without fistulae. METHODS In a consecutive series of 145 patients (age 60 +/- 12 years) with repair of descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, 11 patients (8%; age 63 +/- 9; ...

from october 1977 to december 1988, 108 neonates born with esophageal atresia (ea) and/or a tracheoesophageal fistula (tef) were treated at the bristol royal hospital for sick children. an incidence of i :4000-4500 live births was noted. 1i2.4% had the common- type anomaly, 5.5% had pure esophageal atresia, and 6.5% had an h-type anomaly. 2.8% had upper and lower fistulae and 2.8% had upper fis...

Advancements in minimally invasive surgical techniques and instruments for neonates have allowed even the most complex neonatal procedures to be approached endoscopically. In 1998 the first successful thoracoscopic repair of an esophageal atresia was performed in a 2-month-old infant. One year later the first totally thoracoscopic repair of an atresia with distal fistula was realized. Over the ...

Interest in the surgical treatment of congenital atresia of the oesophagus was aroused in this country by the publication of Franklin's paper (1947) in which he reported two infants with oesophageal atresia and tracheo-oesophageal fistula successfully operated on by the extra-pleural approach. The fistula was closed and primary oesophageal anastomosis was performed. Franklin estimated the occur...