Managing esophageal fistulae by endoscopic transluminal drainage in esophageal cancer patients with superior mediastinal sepsis after esophagectomy

• Published in: Ai zheng Vol. 32; no. 8; pp. 469 - 473
• Main Authors: Zheng, Yu-Zhen, Dai, Shu-Qin, Shan, Hong-Bo, Gao, Xiao-Yan, Zhang, Lan-Jun, Cao, Xun, Zhu, Jian-Fei, Wang, Jun-Ye
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England State Key Laboratory of 0ncology in South China, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, P. R. China 01.08.2013; Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
• Subjects: Aged; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - surgery; Case Research; Drainage; Endoscopy; Esophageal Fistula - etiology; Esophageal Fistula - therapy; Esophageal Neoplasms - surgery; Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Esophagectomy - adverse effects; Humans; Lymph Node Excision; Male; Mediastinum; Middle Aged; Sepsis - etiology; Sepsis - therapy; 临床管理; 内镜; 引流; 患者; 腔内; 败血症; 食管癌; 鳞状细胞癌; anastomotic fistulae; transluminal drainage; Esophageal squamous cel carcinoma

The management of postoperative leaks into the mediastinum after esophagectomy remains a challenge. We describe our clinical management of this complication through endoscopic transluminal drainage. Between 2008 and 2011, 4 patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma （ESCC） who underwent McKeow...