Endoscopic palliative management of esophageal and tracheal rupture

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“…6 For patients who refuses surgery or have no clinical condition for invasive procedures, the endoscopic treatment is an alternative. 7,8 Our patient refused to be operated on again but accepted the endoscopic treatment which could be the placement of a prosthesis, in this case, the endoscopist's option was the placement of titanium clips due to the proximity of the lesion to the upper esophageal sphincter. An endoscopic gastrostomy was also performed to maintain nutritional support.…”