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Authors: S Arbat, A Arbat, P Deshpande, S Bakamwar
Publication Date : 2020/6/1
Journal: Chest
Volume: 157
Issue: 6
Pages : A246
Publisher: Elsevier
Description :
Purpose :
Tracheobronchial airway stents are used to relieve large airway obstruction, fistulas, stenosis in both benign and malignant disease. Caudal migration of tracheal stents can be a significant problem, and can be potentially life threatening by causing distal luminal obstruction. We present a rare case of double hitch-stitch in a case of tracheo esophageal fistula with tracheal and esophageal stent.
Methods:
A 50-year-old male patient presented with cough and dyspnea. Patient was a known case of Ca Esophagus with Esophageal Stent in situ. CT Scan showed tracheoesophageal fistula with esophageal stent migrating into trachea. Tracheal stenting was done with Self Expanding Metallic Stent (SEMS). Patient followed up after one month with recurrent complaints of cough on deglutition. On follow-up bronchoscopy migration of stent was observed. A rare procedure of Double Hitch-Stitch was performed …