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Bertrand T, Mercier O, Leymarie N, Issard J, Honart JF, Fabre D, Kolb F, Fadel E. Surgical cervicothoracic-flap repair of neoesophagus-airway fistula after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: A retrospective cohort study. JTCVS Tech 2024; 23:123-131. [PMID: 38351987 PMCID: PMC10859646 DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2023.10.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2023] [Revised: 10/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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Objective To evaluate outcomes of surgical repair of postesophagectomy neoesophagus-airway fistulas (NEAFs). Methods We retrospectively included consecutive patients with NEAF managed by various techniques at our center between August 2009 and July 2021. Result Of the 11 patients (median age, 60 years; interquartile range, 58, 62), 4 had received induction chemoradiotherapy and 4 others induction chemotherapy. NEAF was mainly a complication of anastomotic leakage (n = 6) or attempted stenosis treatment (n = 3). The airway mainly involved was the trachea (n = 8). Airway defects were repaired by resection-anastomosis (n = 5), perforator flaps (n = 4), pedicled pericardium (n = 1), and/or direct suturing (n = 2). Gastric conduit defects were repaired by perforator flaps (n = 6), direct suturing (n = 2), or pedicled pericardium (n = 1). Of the 7 perforator flaps, 4 were internal mammary-artery, two dorsal intercostal-artery, and one supraclavicular-artery flaps. After a median follow-up of 100 months, 2 patients died on early postoperative course from NEAF repair failure and 3 from late NEAF recurrence at 4, 11, and 33 months. Among the remaining 6 patients, 1 died from local tumoral recurrence at 13 months, 1 was last on follow-up at 27 months, alive and eating normally. The other 4 were free from NEAF recurrence and dysphagia or swallowing disorder at 50 months' follow-up. These 4 results were obtained thanks to perforator flap interposition and airway resection anastomosis. Conclusions Surgical NEAF repair using perforator flap interposition may provide satisfactory long-term function after strong prehabilitation.
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- Thibaud Bertrand
- Department of Thoracic Surgery and Heart-Lung Transplantation, Université Paris-Saclay, Marie-Lannelongue Hospital, GHPSJ, Le Plessis Robinson, France
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery and Heart-Lung Transplantation, Université Paris-Saclay, Marie-Lannelongue Hospital, GHPSJ, Le Plessis Robinson, France
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- Department of Reconstructive Surgery, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery and Heart-Lung Transplantation, Université Paris-Saclay, Marie-Lannelongue Hospital, GHPSJ, Le Plessis Robinson, France
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery and Heart-Lung Transplantation, Université Paris-Saclay, Marie-Lannelongue Hospital, GHPSJ, Le Plessis Robinson, France
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- Department of Reconstructive Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, Calif
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery and Heart-Lung Transplantation, Université Paris-Saclay, Marie-Lannelongue Hospital, GHPSJ, Le Plessis Robinson, France
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Zeng A, Liu X, Shaik MS, Jiang G, Dai J. Surgical strategies for benign acquired tracheoesophageal fistula. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2024; 65:ezae047. [PMID: 38341657 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezae047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVES Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) is characterized by abnormal connectivity between the posterior wall of the trachea or bronchus and the adjacent anterior wall of the oesophagus. Benign TEF can result in serious complications; however, there is currently no uniform standard to determine the appropriate surgical approach for repairing TEF. METHODS The PubMed database was used to search English literature associated with TEF from 1975 to October 2023. We employed Boolean operators and relevant keywords: 'tracheoesophageal fistula', 'tracheal resection', 'fistula suture', 'fistula repair', 'fistula closure', 'flap', 'patch', 'bioabsorbable material', 'bioprosthetic material', 'acellular dermal matrix', 'AlloDerm', 'double patch', 'oesophageal exclusion', 'oesophageal diversion' to search literature. The evidence level of the literature was assessed based on the GRADE classification. RESULTS Nutritional support, no severe pulmonary infection and weaning from mechanical ventilation were the 3 determinants for timing of operation. TEFs were classified into 3 levels: small TEF (<1 cm), moderate TEF (≥1 but <5 cm) and large TEF (≥5 cm). Fistula repair or tracheal segmental resection was used for the small TEF with normal tracheal status. If the anastomosis cannot be finished directly after tracheal segmental resection, special types of tracheal resection, such as slide tracheoplasty, oblique resection and reconstruction, and autologous tissue flaps were preferred depending upon the site and size of the fistula. Oesophageal exclusion was applicable to refractory TEF or patients with poor conditions. CONCLUSIONS The review primarily summarizes the main surgical techniques employed to repair various acquired TEF, to provide references that may contribute to the treatment of TEF.
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- Ao Zeng
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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Kremer T, Gazyakan E, Maurer JT, Ott K, Gerken A, Schmittner M, Ronellenfitsch U, Kneser U, Nowak K. Intra- and Extrathoracic Malignant Tracheoesophageal Fistula-A Differentiated Reconstructive Algorithm. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13174329. [PMID: 34503134 PMCID: PMC8430587 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13174329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tracheoesophageal fistulae (TEF) after oncologic resections and multimodal treatment are life-threatening and surgically challenging. Radiation and prior procedures hamper wound healing and lead to high complication rates. We present an interdisciplinary algorithm for the treatment of TEF derived from the therapy of consecutive patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS 18 patients (3 females, 15 males) treated for TEF from January 2015 to July 2017 were included. Two patients were treated palliatively, whereas reconstructions were attempted in 16 cases undergoing 24 procedures. Discontinuity resection and secondary gastric pull-up were performed in two patients. Pedicled reconstructions were pectoralis major (n = 2), sternocleidomastoid muscle (n = 2), latissimus dorsi (n = 1) or intercostal muscle (ICM, n = 7) flaps. Free flaps were anterolateral thigh (ALT, n = 4), combined anterolateral thigh/anteromedial thigh (ALT/AMT, n = 1), jejunum (n = 3) or combined ALT-jejunum flaps (n = 2). RESULTS Regarding all 18 patients, 11 of 16 reconstructive attempts were primarily successful (61%), whereas long-term success after multiple procedures was possible in 83% (n = 15). The 30-day survival was 89%. Derived from the experience, patients were divided into three subgroups (extrathoracic, cervicothoracic, intrathroracic TEF) and a treatment algorithm was developed. Primary reconstructions for extra- and cervicothoracic TEF were pedicled flaps, whereas free flaps were used in recurrent or persistent cases. Pedicled ICM flaps were mostly used for intrathoracic TEF. CONCLUSION TEF after multimodal tumor treatment require concerted interdisciplinary efforts for successful reconstruction. We describe a differentiated reconstructive approach including multiple reconstructive techniques from pedicled to chimeric ALT/jejunum flaps. Hereby, successful reconstructions are mostly possible. However, disease and patient-specific morbidity has to be anticipated and requires further interdisciplinary management.
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- Thomas Kremer
- Burn Center, Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, St. Georg Clinic, 04129 Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Center, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, University Heidelberg, 67071 Ludwigshafen, Germany; (E.G.); (U.K.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-341-9092555; Fax: +49-341-9092291
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- Department of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Center, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, University Heidelberg, 67071 Ludwigshafen, Germany; (E.G.); (U.K.)
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- Mannheim University Medical Center, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, 68167 Mannheim, Germany;
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- Department of General, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, RoMed Klinikum, 83022 Rosenheim, Germany; (K.O.); (K.N.)
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- Mannheim University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, 68167 Mannheim, Germany; (A.G.); (U.R.)
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- Mannheim University Medical Center, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, 68167 Mannheim, Germany;
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- Mannheim University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, 68167 Mannheim, Germany; (A.G.); (U.R.)
- Department of Visceral, Vascular and Endocrine Surgery, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, University Medical Center Halle (Saale), 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Department of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Center, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, University Heidelberg, 67071 Ludwigshafen, Germany; (E.G.); (U.K.)
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- Department of General, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, RoMed Klinikum, 83022 Rosenheim, Germany; (K.O.); (K.N.)
- Mannheim University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, 68167 Mannheim, Germany; (A.G.); (U.R.)
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Repairing Bronchoesophageal Tube Fistula Using A Contralateral Latissimus Dorsi Musculocutaneous Flap. PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY-GLOBAL OPEN 2017; 5:e1484. [PMID: 29062652 PMCID: PMC5640357 DOI: 10.1097/gox.0000000000001484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A postoperative aerodigestive fistula is one of the rare but critical complications after esophagectomy, and management is challenging. The essential keys to successful treatment of these fistula are thorough debridement and complete closure followed by separation of the respiratory and digestive tract. We present a case of a recurrent bronchoesophageal fistula between the left main bronchus and neo esophagus, which was successfully treated through a contralateral approach. The fistula was debrided and closed primarily through a right thoracotomy, and the interposition of a pedicled latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap from the right side was carried out. The patient was able to resume oral feeding at 16th postoperative day.
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