ATS
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Spalding, A. R.
Right arrow Articles by Richie, R. E.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Spalding, A. R.
Right arrow Articles by Richie, R. E.

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 28, 378-383, Copyright © 1979 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

ARTICLES

Acquired benign bronchoesophageal fistulas in the adult

AR Spalding, DP Burney and RE Richie

In a twenty-year period we have seen 7 patients with acquired nonmalignant bronchoesophageal fistulas at the Vanderbilt University Affiliated Hospitals. There were 5 men and 2 women ranging from 24 to 82 years old. Six patients were seen initially with a history of pulmonary inflammatory disease with cough and fever or with an abnormal chest roentgenogram. One patient had a traumatic fistula following blunt chest trauma. Six of the patients were treated surgically with no operative mortality. Five were repaired through a right-sided thoracotomy with division of the fistulous tract and closure of the bronchus and esophagus. One patient required esophageal resection and later reconstruction for permanent fistula closure. The remaining patient was diagnosed at bronchoscopy and was not treated surgically because of supervening complications following an extensive abdominal operation. Once the diagnosis was established, operative management resulted in complete closure of the fistulas, with no mortality and no late recurrences in these patients.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Ann. Thorac. Surg.Home page
J. J. Nigro, R. M. Bremner, C. B. Fuller, J. Theisen, Y. Ma, and V. A. Starnes
Perforating Barrett's ulcer resulting in a life-threatening esophagobronchial fistula
Ann. Thorac. Surg., January 1, 2002; 73(1): 302 - 304.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 1979 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.