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Lifesaving transcordal stenting for high proximal tracheoesophageal fistulas: a conservative endoscopic approach.

Sep 2026 · Updates in Surgery · 0 citations · 7 references
Medicine

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A customized transcordal variable-caliber silicone stent assembled intraoperatively from two commercially available stent assembled intraoperatively from two commercially available stents is described in three patients with esophageal cancer and high proximal tracheoesophageal fistulas.

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