Severe Tracheal Compression Causing Respiratory Failure After Transhiatal Esophagectomy

Complications after transhiatal esophagectomy include pneumonia, recurrent laryngeal nerve injury, and anastomotic leak. Although damage to the trachea is a potential complication, there are minimal reports of tracheal compression after esophagectomy with gastric pull-through. We report a case of se...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2010-03, Vol.89 (3), p.977-979
Hauptverfasser:	Miller, Kristin B., MD, Kaplan, Brian, MD, Shepherd, Ray W., MD
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenocarcinoma - surgery Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiothoracic Surgery Esophageal Neoplasms - surgery Esophagectomy - adverse effects Esophagectomy - methods Esophagogastric Junction Esophagoplasty - adverse effects Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Pneumology Respiration, Artificial Respiratory Insufficiency - etiology Respiratory Insufficiency - therapy Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases Stents Stomach, duodenum, intestine, rectum, anus Surgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the digestive system Tracheal Stenosis - etiology
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