Sealing of tracheoesophageal fistula using a Y stent through fiberoptic bronchoscope during general anesthesia under laryngeal mask airway

Ling Ye; Pingliang Yang; Yunxia Zuo

Sealing of tracheoesophageal fistula using a Y stent through fiberoptic bronchoscope during general anesthesia under laryngeal mask airway

Int J Clin Exp Med. 2014 Dec 15;7(12):5913-6. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Ling Ye¹, Pingliang Yang², Yunxia Zuo¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Translational Neuroscience Center, West China Scond Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, P. R. China.
² Department of Anesthesiology, West China Scond Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, P. R. China.

PMID: 25664132
PMCID: PMC4307579

Abstract

A 64-yr-old man was admitted because of repeated pneumonia. Both fiberoptic bronchoscopy and esophagoscopy revealed a large tracheoesophageal fistula (15 mm) in the right posterior trachea 1 cm beyond the carina. Coated nickel-titanium shape memory alloy Y shaped stent was planned to seal this fistula under general anesthesia. We took advantage of laryngeal mask airway to insert the fiberoptic bronchoscope to guide the stent placement. Our method of sealing a large tracheoesophageal fistula with LMA under total intravenous anesthesia was successful.

Keywords: Tracheoesophageal fistula; fiberoptic bronchoscope; laryngeal mask airway.

Publication types

Case Reports