Ciprian Bolca, Andrei Bobocea, George Cosoveanu, Mihai Alexe, Genoveva Cadar, Irina Balescu, Nicolae Bacalbasa, Florentina Gherghiceanu, Florentina Furtunescu, Daniel Radavoi, Cristian Paleru, Adrian Miron, Ioan Cordos
Acquired benign trachea-oesophageal fistula is a rare benign pathological entity with varying aetiologies that most often occurs post-intubation. This case report presents the case of a female patient, 31 years old, admitted to the emergency room with sepsis syndrome following bilateral aspiration pneumonia caused by a large trachea-oesophageal fistula. The fistula was the result of intra-tracheal migration of an oesophageal stent placed for post lye ingestion stenosis. Esophageal diversion and partial resection with oesophageal patch to repair the tracheal defect, under general anaesthesia with ventilation using rigid bronchoscopy and high frequency jet ventilation (HFJV), followed at a later date by esophageal replacement with colic graft were the procedures performed with a view to curing the patient...
January 2023: Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine