Endoscopic treatment of tracheoesophageal fistula
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Endoscopic palliative treatement of a post-radiation tracheoesophageal fistula.
Malignant Tracheoesophageal Fistula (TEF) is a life-threatening condition and conventional palliative surgical approach sometimes could be very dangerous or not suitable. We describe a case of a post-radiation TEF involving distal trachea and main carina treated by the placement of endotracheal silicon stent.
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2664-3278
DOI: 10.21037/ccts-21-7