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Case Report

Thoracoscopic Repair of Adult-Onset Congenital Tracheoesophageal Fistula Using a Polyglycolic Acid Sheet-Buttressed Stapler

by
Ping-Ruey Chou
1,†,
Chieh-Ni Kao
2,† and
Yu-Wei Liu
2,*
1
School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan
2
Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Medicina 2022, 58(7), 843; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58070843
Submission received: 29 May 2022 / Revised: 21 June 2022 / Accepted: 22 June 2022 / Published: 23 June 2022
(This article belongs to the Section Surgery)
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Abstract

Congenital tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) without esophageal atresia is usually diagnosed and treated in the neonatal period. It is uncommon to occur in adulthood. Conventional treatment of adult-onset TEF involves repair by either cervicotomy or thoracotomy. We reported the case of a 31-year-old male patient with clinical and radiographic evidence of congenital H-type TEF. Although this fistula was located at the level of the second thoracic vertebra, the repair of the anomaly was performed successfully using a thoracoscopic approach with the novel use of a polyglycolic acid sheet reinforcement.
Keywords: tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF); congenital; video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; VATS; thoracoscopic; polyglycolic acid; PGA tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF); congenital; video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; VATS; thoracoscopic; polyglycolic acid; PGA

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Chou, P.-R.; Kao, C.-N.; Liu, Y.-W. Thoracoscopic Repair of Adult-Onset Congenital Tracheoesophageal Fistula Using a Polyglycolic Acid Sheet-Buttressed Stapler. Medicina 2022, 58, 843. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58070843

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Chou P-R, Kao C-N, Liu Y-W. Thoracoscopic Repair of Adult-Onset Congenital Tracheoesophageal Fistula Using a Polyglycolic Acid Sheet-Buttressed Stapler. Medicina. 2022; 58(7):843. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58070843

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Chou, Ping-Ruey, Chieh-Ni Kao, and Yu-Wei Liu. 2022. "Thoracoscopic Repair of Adult-Onset Congenital Tracheoesophageal Fistula Using a Polyglycolic Acid Sheet-Buttressed Stapler" Medicina 58, no. 7: 843. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58070843

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Chou, P.-R., Kao, C.-N., & Liu, Y.-W. (2022). Thoracoscopic Repair of Adult-Onset Congenital Tracheoesophageal Fistula Using a Polyglycolic Acid Sheet-Buttressed Stapler. Medicina, 58(7), 843. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58070843

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