Anastomotic Leak after Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer Treated with a Stent: A Case Report

Intrathoracic esophageal anastomotic leaks after cancer resection are very morbid and challenging problems. Esophageal stents play an integral role in the management of these patients. Herein, we present a case of lower esophageal cancer who developed a leak at his gastroesophageal anastomosis after...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Mohamed, Habis, Saba, Mahmoud, Ahmed, Chin, Michael, Saeed, Rasha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6464482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31016082
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4055
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author Ahmed, Mohamed
Habis, Saba
Mahmoud, Ahmed
Chin, Michael
Saeed, Rasha
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description Intrathoracic esophageal anastomotic leaks after cancer resection are very morbid and challenging problems. Esophageal stents play an integral role in the management of these patients. Herein, we present a case of lower esophageal cancer who developed a leak at his gastroesophageal anastomosis after resection and was successfully managed with a fully covered metal stent. Our objective was to remind our colleagues regarding a safe alternative treatment for this complication.
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spelling pubmed-64644822019-04-23 Anastomotic Leak after Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer Treated with a Stent: A Case Report Ahmed, Mohamed Habis, Saba Mahmoud, Ahmed Chin, Michael Saeed, Rasha Cureus Gastroenterology Intrathoracic esophageal anastomotic leaks after cancer resection are very morbid and challenging problems. Esophageal stents play an integral role in the management of these patients. Herein, we present a case of lower esophageal cancer who developed a leak at his gastroesophageal anastomosis after resection and was successfully managed with a fully covered metal stent. Our objective was to remind our colleagues regarding a safe alternative treatment for this complication. Cureus 2019-02-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6464482/ /pubmed/31016082 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4055 Text en Copyright © 2019, Ahmed et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ahmed, Mohamed
Habis, Saba
Mahmoud, Ahmed
Chin, Michael
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Anastomotic Leak after Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer Treated with a Stent: A Case Report
title Anastomotic Leak after Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer Treated with a Stent: A Case Report
title_full Anastomotic Leak after Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer Treated with a Stent: A Case Report
title_fullStr Anastomotic Leak after Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer Treated with a Stent: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Anastomotic Leak after Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer Treated with a Stent: A Case Report
title_short Anastomotic Leak after Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer Treated with a Stent: A Case Report
title_sort anastomotic leak after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer treated with a stent: a case report
topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6464482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31016082
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4055
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