Aorto-conduit fistula developing four years after esophagectomy | Zendy

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Aorto-conduit fistula developing four years after esophagectomy

Author(s) -

Sean Strong,

Simon Higgs,

C. Streets,

Dan Titcomb,

Paul Barham,

Jane Blazeby,

Andrew Hollowood

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of surgical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14

H-Index - 3

ISSN - 2042-8812

DOI - 10.1093/jscr/2012.2.8

Subject(s) - medicine , esophagectomy , lymphadenectomy , surgery , fistula , electrical conduit , esophagus , cardiothoracic surgery , aorta , esophageal cancer , cancer , engineering , mechanical engineering

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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