Originally, the intubating a flexible tube method for esophageal cancer had been developed to provide for improvement of QOL of the patients with severe stenosis or esophagobronchial fistula and had been reported to be also useful to close the leakage at the anastomotic site following esophagectomy for an esophageal cancer.
In this report, we describe a successful treatment of accidental perforation of gastric tube following esophagectomy for an esophageal cancer by intubatig a flexible tube.
The case is a 64-year-old male. Accidental perforation of gastric tube arised owing to intubating endotracheal tube into esophagus following esophagectomy for an esophageal cancer at other hospital. The thracic drainage and tracheostomy were performed and hyper-alimentation was carried out. However, those treatment were ineffective to perforated site. We used flexible tube to prevent saliva and gastric juice. After intubation of the tube, perforation site was closed and general condition was getting better.
We experienced a flexible tube intubation was useful to close the perforation of gastric tube in esophagectomy.
