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Abstract
The ideal management of bronchoesophageal fistulas is a debated topic. While open surgical repair remains the most definitive treatment, not all patients are fit for surgery. In this communication, we present a patient who developed a bronchoesophageal fistula 1 year after an Ivor Lewis esophagectomy that involved the native oesophagus and right mainstem bronchus. Endoluminal vacuum therapy was successful at closing this benign bronchoesophageal fistula.
- cardiothoracic surgery
- gastrointestinal surgery
- endoscopy
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Contributors JEW: conception and design, acquisition of data and drafting the article; DR: acquisition of data; RW: analysis and interpretation of data, revising the article critically for important intellectual content; FMS: conception and design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, revising the article for critically for important intellectual content.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.