Acquired tracheoesophageal fistula repaired with one-stage surgery without tracheal resection using lateral cervical approach, a case report.

Introduction: Acquired non-malignant tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) is a rare pathological connection between the trachea and esophagus caused primarily by iatrogenic injuries. Cuff-related injury causes pressure necrosis of the tracheoesophageal walls, often due to the overinflation of tubes.

Presentation Of Case: A 29-year-old male who was mechanically ventilated for 3 months developed TEF after weaning from ventilation.

Lobe-specific lymph node dissection in stage IA non-small-cell lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study.

Objectives: To investigate lymph node (LN) metastasis according to tumour location and assess the impact of lobe-specific LN dissection on survival in stage IA non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Methods: We retrospectively analysed the data of patients with clinical stage IA NSCLC treated with lobectomy and systematic LN dissection at Asan Medical Center (Seoul, Korea) between June 2005 and April 2017. Patients who received neoadjuvant therapy had multiple primary tumours or missed the follow-up during the first postoperative year were excluded.