Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Gastro-tracheal fistula - unusual and life threatening complication after esophagectomy for cancer: a case report. | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery BioMed Central Open Access Gastro-tracheal fistula - unusual and life threatening complication after esophagectomy for cancer a case report Jane E Nardella1 Dirk Van Raemdonck2 Hubert Piessevaux3 Pierre Deprez3 Raphael Droissart1 Jean-Pierre Staudt1 David Heuker1 and Etienne van VyVe 1 Address Department of Surgery St Jean Hospital Brussels Belgium 2Department of Thoracic Surgery University Hospital Gasthuisberg Leuven Belgium and 3Department of Gastro-Enterology Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc Université Catholique Louvain Brussels Belgium Email Jane E Nardella - janeelizabeth78@ Dirk Van Raemdonck - Hubert Piessevaux - Pierre Deprez - Raphael Droissart - rdroissart@ Jean-Pierre Staudt - jpstaudt@ David Heuker - Etienne van Vyve - Corresponding author Published 29 November 2009 Received 9 May 2009 Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2009 4 69 doi 1749-8090-4-69 Accepted 29 November 2009 This article is available from http content 4 1 69 2009 Nardella et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Background A gastro-tracheal fistula following esophagectomy for cancer is a rare but potentially lethal complication. We report the successful surgical closure after failed endoscopic treatment of a gastro-tracheal fistula following esophago-gastrectomy for cancer after induction chemoradiotherapy. Case presentation A 58 year-old male patient presented with a distal third uT3N1 carcinoma of the .
