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DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1012861
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
The Management of Malignant Esophago-Respiratory Fistulas with a Cuffed Prosthesis
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Publikationsdatum:
17. März 2008 (online)
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Summary
Peroral intubation with a standard prosthesis fails to occlude inoperable malignant esophago-respiratory fistulas located above the narrowed segment, or when there is little or no stricture at all. Ten patients with malignant esophago-respiratory fistulas were intubated perorally with a prosthesis surrounded by a foam ruber cuff contained in a silicone sheath, in which a vacuum can be created. The type of fistula was esophago-bronchial in 6 patients, esophago-tracheal in 3 patients, and gastro-tracheal in 1 patient. The fistula was located above the stricture in 8 patients and in a malignancy without a stricture in 2 patients. The diameter of the opening of the fistula ranged between 1 and 3 cm. Complications with the cuffed tube were recurrent leakage after a period of 30 days in situ in 1 patient, and compression of the trachea immediately after intubation in 1 patient. Adequate palliation, that is, no symptoms related to the fistula, good transit of food and discharge from hospital within a few days was achieved in 9 patients for an average period of 37.2 days (10-84 days). The cuffed esophageal prosthesis can improve the quality of life in patients with malignant esophago-respiratory fistulas that do not respond to conventional intubation.
Key words:
Cuffed prosthesis - Esophago-respiratory fistulas - Wilson Cook cuffed prosthesis