Ischemic necrosis of gastric tube due to intercostal drainage tube causing delayed gastropleural fistula – Rare case report

Autor: Prriya B Eshpuniyani, Shravan S. Shetty, Keyur Sheth, Ramakant K Deshpande
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: BLDE University Journal of Health Sciences. 6:87
ISSN: 2468-838X
Popis: Gastropleural fistula is a rare complication of a number of disease processes, much less as a reported complication of pressure necrosis of a drainage tube. We present a patient of carcinoma esophagus having developed such a posttransthoracic esophagectomy complication with cervical esophagogastric anastomosis due to the ischemic pressure necrosis due to the tip of the normally place intercostal drainage tube on the gaseous distended stomach tube.
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