Citation

Moreno González E, Santoyo Santoyo J, Ibáñez Aguirre J, Rico Selas P, Gómez Sanz R, Seone González J. Hepatogastroenterology 1990; 37(2): 212-214.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2341117

Abstract

A 49-year-old woman underwent emergency gastrectomy for suicidal caustic ingestion, followed later by transhiatal esophagectomy and left colonic interposition. A fistula developed postoperatively between the trachea and interposed segment of colon. This exceptional complication was successfully treated by resection of the fistula, closure of the colonic defect and tracheal myoplasty using the sterno-cleidomastoid muscle.

Language: en

Keywords

Anastomosis, Surgical; Colonic Diseases; Esophagus; Female; Fistula; Gastrectomy; Humans; Hydrochloric Acid; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications; Suicide, Attempted; Tracheal Diseases