PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - TAKESHI SHIMAKAWA AU - YOSHIHIKO NARITAKA AU - SHINICHI ASAKA AU - NORIYUKI ISOHATA AU - MINORU MURAYAMA AU - SOICHI KONNO AU - TAKAO KATSUBE AU - KENJI OGAWA AU - HIROKO IDE TI - Surgical Treatment of Intractable Cutaneous Fistula with Osteomyelitis in the Neck Developed after Esophagectomy DP - 2007 Nov 01 TA - Anticancer Research PG - 4359--4364 VI - 27 IP - 6C 4099 - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/27/6C/4359.short 4100 - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/27/6C/4359.full SO - Anticancer Res2007 Nov 01; 27 AB - A case of intractable cutaneous fistula in an esophagogastrostomized region complicated by osteomyelitis is reported. A three-stage operation was performed, and gratifying results were obtained. The patient was a 74-year-old man who received a subtotal esophagectomy and a cervical esophagogastrostomy through a retrosternal approach for advanced esophageal cancer. Following subsequent radiotherapy, the anastomosed region in the neck was found to have been stenosed. Endoscopic balloon dilatation was then performed and perforation of the stenosed region occurred to form an intractable fistula. A chest computed tomography scan revealed osteolysis of the sternum, clavicular head and left first rib. Treatment comprised an initial control of the infective foci including osteomyelitis and, after achieving stabilization of the wounds, the subsequent step of reconstruction. The patient's postoperative course was satisfactory without involvement of any leakage or stenosis of the anastomosed regions, or wound infection. It is considered feasible to cure even a cutaneous fistula in the neck complicated by osteomyelitis, as in the present case, by sufficient control of infection and procedural contrivance. Copyright© 2007 International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. John G. Delinassios), All rights reserved