Citation

Strautman PR, Dorfman GS. J. Vasc. Interv. Radiol. 1992; 3(1): 131-133.

Affiliation

Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1540713

Abstract

The authors report a case in which metallic Gianturco-Rosch stents were used to maintain patency of a surgically created cervical esophagocutaneous fistula. The patient was a young man with a schizoaffective disorder who underwent esophagogastrectomy as a result of multiple suicide attempts with lye ingestion. Surgical reconstruction was not possible due to extensive tissue damage. A surgically created cervical esophagocutaneous fistula allowed drainage of oral secretions but subsequently closed. Metallic Gianturco-Rosch stents were successfully used to maintain patency of this fistulous tract, following balloon dilation of the scarred hypopharynx and the tract, which has remained functional for 10 months.

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