Esophageal stents in children: Bridge to surgical repair

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging

Sheena Pimpalwar¹  David Wesson²  Bethany J Slater²  Ashwin Pimpalwar²  Oluyinka Olutoye² 

[1] Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA;Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E Debakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA;

关键词: broncho-esophageal fistula;    esophageal fistula;    esophageal leak;    esophageal stent;    esophageal stricture;    tracheo-esophageal fistula;   

DOI  :  10.4103/ijri.IJRI_313_17

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Management of complex esophageal problems in children is challenging. We report our experience with the use of esophageal stents in three children with esophageal strictures, leaks, or airway-esophageal fistulae refractory to conventional treatment. The stent played a key role in allowing extubation of a child with a large tracheo-esophageal-pleural fistula and in the resolution of pulmonary infection in a child with esophago-bronchial fistula, both followed by surgery. In the third child, with stricture, stents were complicated with migration, esophageal erosion, and esophago-bronchial fistula. In our experience, esophageal stents were useful mainly as a bridge to definitive surgical repair.

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