Aorto-conduit fistula developing four years after esophagectomy

A 71 year old lady was treated for a squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus with neo-adjuvant chemotherapy followed by a two phase Ivor-Lewis oesophagectomy with two field lymphadenectomy. She presented four years later with life threatening bleeding from a fistula between the thoracic aorta and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Strong, S, Higgs, S, Streets, C, Titcomb, D, Barham, P, Blazeby, J, Hollowood, A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JSCR Publishing Ltd 2012
Materias:
Upper GI Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24960784
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/2012.2.8
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Sumario:A 71 year old lady was treated for a squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus with neo-adjuvant chemotherapy followed by a two phase Ivor-Lewis oesophagectomy with two field lymphadenectomy. She presented four years later with life threatening bleeding from a fistula between the thoracic aorta and the gastric conduit, which was treated successfully with a thoracic aortic stent.

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