Closure of a Chronic, Non-Healing Tracheoesophageal Fistula With a New Over-the-Scope Clip
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Tracheoesophageal fistulas can arise from both benign and malignant conditions, and often present clinically as increased secretions, coughing with or without hypoxia after swallowing, and recurrent aspiration pneumonia. We describe a tracheoesophageal fistula in a post-chemotherapy lymphoma patient that was closed with use of an over-the-scope Aponos clip.
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New endoscopic over-the-scope clip system for closure of a chronic tracheoesophageal fistula.
rare complication caused by a variety of conditions. Along with trauma and malignancy, cuff-related tracheal injury has become the most common etiology. As few cases have been reported, with different clinical presentations and solutions for treatment, the results and conclusions are difficult to interpret [1–3]. This report describes a new, practical approach to the treatment of large tracheoe...
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دوره 2 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014