1. Endoscopic occlusion with silicone spigots for the closure of refractory esophago-bronchiole fistula after esophagectomy
- Author
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Masaya Uesato, Takahiro Arasawa, Hiroyuki Amagai, Tsuguaki Kono, Akiko Kagaya, Tomohide Tamachi, Yasuhide Muto, Yorihiko Muto, Yasunori Akutsu, Mizuho Aikawa, Akira Nakano, Kentarou Murakami, and Hisahiro Matsubara
- Subjects
Male ,Fistula ,Esophageal Neoplasms ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Esophageal cancer ,Silicones ,Case Report ,Guidewire ,Anastomotic Leak ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Esophageal Fistula ,0302 clinical medicine ,Occlusion ,Anastomosis, Surgical ,Gastroenterology ,Esophagoscopes ,General Medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Esophagectomy ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Stents ,Esophagoscopy ,Endoscopic occlusion ,Leakage ,Endobronchial Watanabe spigot ,inorganic chemicals ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Bronchiole ,complex mixtures ,03 medical and health sciences ,Silicone ,Esophagus ,medicine ,Humans ,Bronchioles ,Aged ,business.industry ,General surgery ,technology, industry, and agriculture ,Plastic Surgery Procedures ,equipment and supplies ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,stomatognathic diseases ,chemistry ,Cough ,business ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed - Abstract
A 65-year-old man with cT1bN0M0 stage I middle thoracic esophageal cancer underwent subtotal esophagectomy and gastric tube reconstruction through the posterior mediastinal route after preoperative carbon-ion radiotherapy and chemotherapy in a clinical trial. Anastomotic leakage occurred, but it spontaneously improved. At six months after the operation, he was rehospitalized with a cough and dysphagia. An esophago-bronchiole fistula and stenosis of the gastric tube were observed. He first underwent stent placement in the gastric tube. Two weeks later, the syringeal epithelium was burned by argon plasma coagulation after stent removal. Endoscopic occlusion was then performed for the fistula with two guidewire-assisted silicone spigots. Two weeks later, he was discharged on an oral diet, and he has not developed recurrence of the fistula or cancer for three years. This is the first report of endoscopic occlusion with a guidewire-assisted silicone spigot through the esophagus.
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- 2017