Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi
May 2010
The medical interest for trauma pathology is incresing, due to the gravity of the given injuries. The surgical therapeutic strategy used is directly related to the localization and to the type of the trauma. The supplementary lesions and their vital risk also matter.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEsophago-respiratory neoplastic fistulas present serious problems of management, mostly because of the severe status of the patient. The authors present the case of a 49-year-old patient with a malignant eso-tracheal fistula manifesting as mild dysphagia and dyspnoea. An endoscopic palliative treatment of the fistula was performed introducing a metallic coated stent into the esophagus.
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