Successful treatment of tracheomediastinal fistula after tracheal injury obtained during esophagectomy using the pectoralis major muscle: A case report

Esophagus

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-44

  Koga, Tadashi ^a   Morita, Masaru ^a   Nishida, Koujiro ^a   Oki, Eiji ^a   Kakeji, Yoshihiro ^a   Maehara, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Pectoralis major muscle flap; Tracheomediastinal fistula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FISTULA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNGECTOMY; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORACOTOMY; TRACHEA INJURY; TRACHEOMEDIASTINAL FISTULA; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41849094827     PISSN: 16129059     EISSN: 16129067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10388-007-0141-9     Document Type: Article

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