Tracheal fistula in a patient after esophageal surgery confirmed by lung ultrasound: A new bedside tool for thoracic surgeons

Tracheal fistula is a rare but severe complication following esophageal surgery. Here, we report the case of a tracheal fistula in a patient after esophageal surgery suggested by pneumothorax and confirmed by fiberoptic bronchoscopy, and introduce lung ultrasound as a new bedside tool to sensitively...

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Autores principales: Li, Yi, Shen, Cheng, Yin, Wanhong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 2020
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7529551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32875724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.13609
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spelling pubmed-75295512020-10-05 Tracheal fistula in a patient after esophageal surgery confirmed by lung ultrasound: A new bedside tool for thoracic surgeons Li, Yi Shen, Cheng Yin, Wanhong Thorac Cancer Case Reports Tracheal fistula is a rare but severe complication following esophageal surgery. Here, we report the case of a tracheal fistula in a patient after esophageal surgery suggested by pneumothorax and confirmed by fiberoptic bronchoscopy, and introduce lung ultrasound as a new bedside tool to sensitively detect pneumothorax. John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 2020-09-01 2020-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7529551/ /pubmed/32875724 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.13609 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Thoracic Cancer published by China Lung Oncology Group and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Li, Yi
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Tracheal fistula in a patient after esophageal surgery confirmed by lung ultrasound: A new bedside tool for thoracic surgeons
title Tracheal fistula in a patient after esophageal surgery confirmed by lung ultrasound: A new bedside tool for thoracic surgeons
title_full Tracheal fistula in a patient after esophageal surgery confirmed by lung ultrasound: A new bedside tool for thoracic surgeons
title_fullStr Tracheal fistula in a patient after esophageal surgery confirmed by lung ultrasound: A new bedside tool for thoracic surgeons
title_full_unstemmed Tracheal fistula in a patient after esophageal surgery confirmed by lung ultrasound: A new bedside tool for thoracic surgeons
title_short Tracheal fistula in a patient after esophageal surgery confirmed by lung ultrasound: A new bedside tool for thoracic surgeons
title_sort tracheal fistula in a patient after esophageal surgery confirmed by lung ultrasound: a new bedside tool for thoracic surgeons
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7529551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32875724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.13609
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