Recurrent tracheoesophageal fistula treated with fibrin glue

Endoscopic management of recurrent congenital tracheoesophageal fistula: A review of techniques and results

“…Since then, many reports have described a variety of techniques and obliterating agents ( Table 2). The morbidity from endoscopic repair is minimal to none [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. Our study reports two of three successful closures with bronchoscopic application of fibrin glue.…”

“…There are also case reports using a variety of interposing tissue [2,8,12,13,15]. Including this report, 62 patients having endoscopic repair of congenital TEF are reported in literature [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] (Table 2). The overall success rate with various techniques was 60% with a mean number of 2.1 procedures per patient.…”

“…It has been demonstrated to be safe and effective in thoracic surgery as well as in endoscopic repair of recurrent TEF [23][24][25][26]28,30,31].…”

Endoscopic Fibrin Sealant Injection with Application of Hemostatic Clips: A Novel Method of Closing a Refractory Gastrocutaneous Fistula

“…It has been successfully used in controlling bleeding from esophageal varices when endoscopically injected intravariceally (9). It has also been used to stop the bleeding from duodenal ulcers (10), to heal recurrent tracheoesophageal fistula (11), and in low-output enterocutaneous fistulae resulting in a reduction in hospitalization stay and an increased rate of healing (12). Recently, it has been used for closure of gastrocutaneous fistula complicating bariatric surgery, a complication that may lead to serous morbidity and mortality (13).…”

Endoscopic treatment of congenital H-Type and recurrent tracheoesophageal fistula with electrocautery and histoacryl glue

“…The mortality rates have been as high as 60% [10], particularly in the 1970s. Therefore, several authors have tried to address this problem endoscopically using tissue adhesives [11,12,14], sclerosants [15], electrocautery [16], and [17] laser. However, the published series have a very small number of patients and short-term follow-up [1].…”