ArticleWorld journal of emergency surgery : WJES2010
A case of gastropericardial fistula of a gastric tube after esophagectomy: a case report and review.
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- Successful endoscopic drainage for gastropericardial fistula caused by a gastric conduit ulcer after esophagectomy.Clinical journal of gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Subxiphoid pericardial drainage for gastric tube ulcer penetrating the pericardium after esophagectomy: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2024Article
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- Case report of a 72-year-old man with diaphragmatic hernia and thoracic gastropericardial fistula after esophagectomy for 18 years.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2021Article
- Gastropericardial Fistula as a Late Complication of Laparoscopic Gastric Banding.Journal of clinical imaging science · 2017Article
- Pneumopericarditis: A Case of Acute Chest Pain with ST Segment Elevation.Case reports in cardiology · 2015Article
- Gastro-pleuro-pericardial fistula following combined radiation and chemotherapy for lung metastases from renal cell carcinoma: report of a case.Surgery today · 2013Article
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Abstract
A 65-year-old man who had received an esophagectomy 10 years earlier was admitted to our hospital for right chest pain. Preoperative examinations showed pneumopericardium, a retrosternal gastric tube, and an active gastric tube ulcer. We diagnosed gastropericardial fistula of the gastric tube ulcer. Emergency surgery included lavage and drainage of the pericardial cavity and plombage of the rectus abdominis muscle flap to the posterior space of the gastric tube. Total parental nutrition and/or enteric nutrition were provided. Due to minor leakage from the ulcer, the patient could start oral intake on the postoperative 49th day, and was discharged from the hospital on the postoperative 86th day after physical rehabilitation. He has been free from complications for more than 33 months after surgery. Here, we review the literature and discuss the etiology and treatment of choice for this rare yet lethal complication in the follow-up after esophagectomy.
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