Embolization Coils and Fibrin Glue Closure of a Gastric Tube-Lung Fistula after Esophagectomy-A Case Report

Abstract

We treated a 67-year-old man presenting with a gastric tube-lung fistula after anastomotic leakage, who had undergone thoracoscopic esophagectomy for thoracic esophageal cancer. The fistula was intractable for 8 months, but was successfully closed by endobronchoscopic application of fibrin glue after placement of embolization coils into the fistula. To our knowledge, no previous report describes the use of coils and fibrin glue in therapeutic intractable fistula closure.