TY - JOUR
T1 - Esophageal stents in children
T2 - Bridge to surgical repair
AU - Slater, Bethany J.
AU - Pimpalwar, Ashwin
AU - Wesson, David
AU - Olutoye, Oluyinka
AU - Pimpalwar, Sheena
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging | Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow.
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Broncho-esophageal fistula
KW - esophageal fistula
KW - esophageal leak
KW - esophageal stent
KW - esophageal stricture
KW - tracheo-esophageal fistula
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U2 - 10.4103/ijri.IJRI_313_17
DO - 10.4103/ijri.IJRI_313_17
M3 - Article
C2 - 30050250
AN - SCOPUS:85049504556
SN - 0971-3026
VL - 28
SP - 242
EP - 246
JO - Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
JF - Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
IS - 2
ER -