2001
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(00)02569-8
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Gastroaortic fistula as an early complication of esophagectomy

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“…Eighty two percent (82%) of cases reported presented between the second and sixth weeks postoperatively (1). The longest duration between oesophagectomy and presentation of bleed previously reported was fourteen months (1). …”
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“…Eighty two percent (82%) of cases reported presented between the second and sixth weeks postoperatively (1). The longest duration between oesophagectomy and presentation of bleed previously reported was fourteen months (1). …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Signs of gastro-intestinal bleeding in oesophagectomy patients should raise the suspicion of an aorto-conduit fistula. The latent period between herald bleed and exsanguination has an average duration of ten hours (1). …”
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“…An esophageal-atrial or esophageal-ventricular fistula should be suspected when massive gastro-intestinal bleeding is present, as in the presented patient. Hematemesis can also be caused by perforation of an ulcer into the aorta or a pulmonary artery [22,24]. Other possible manifestations of esophageal-cardiac fistula are cerebral or pulmonary emboli and cardiac arrhythmias [8].…”
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“…Most patients after upper gastrointestinal pathology surgery complicated by aortoesophageal fistula development, die during the course of hemorrhagic shock. In approximately 60% of cases aortoesophageal fistulas occurred between the 9-th and 21-st day after surgery, and in 82% between the 2-nd and 6-th week (8).…”
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