Gastrotracheal fistula:Treatment with a covered self-expanding Y-shaped metallic stent

作     者：Fei Wang Hong Yu Ming-Hui Zhu Quan-Peng Li Xian-Xiu Ge Jun-Jie Nie Lin Miao 

作者机构：Institute of Digestive Endoscopy and Medical Center for Digestive DiseasesSecond Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University Department of GastroenterologyPeople’s Hospital of Jingjiang 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第21卷第3期

页      面：1032-1035页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含：普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Gastrotracheal fistula Y-shaped metallic stent Eso 

摘      要：A 67-year-old man had a sev-ere cough and pulmonary infection for 1 wk before seeking evaluation at our *** had undergone esophagectomy with gastric pull-up and radiotherapy for esophageal cancer 3 years *** admission to our hospital,gastroscopy and bronchoscopy revealed a fistulous communication between the posterior tracheal wallnear the carina and the upper residual *** measured the diameter of the trachea and bronchus and determined the site and size of the fistula using multislice computed tomography and gastroscopy.A covered self-expanding Y-shaped metallic stent was implanted into the trachea and ***,the fistula was closed *** patient tolerated the stent well and had good palliation of his symptoms.