Respiratory Tract Fistula

An abnormal passage communicating between any component of the respiratory tract or between any part of the respiratory system and surrounding organs.

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Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Aspiration Pneumonia
2.	Neoplasms (Cancer)
3.	Hemorrhage
4.	Foreign Bodies (Foreign Body)
5.	Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Epidermoid Carcinoma)

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Prostheses and Implants (Prosthesis) 08/01/1997 - "For occlusion of malignant respiratory tract fistulas this cuffed flange tube proved to be superior to conventional esophageal prostheses."
2.	Stents 10/01/1997 - "Overall hospital morbidity was 11.3% (18/159) and included four dislodgments, four incomplete expansions of a self-expanding stent, two perforations, two incomplete sealings of a malignant respiratory tract fistula, two hemorrhages, two persistent foreign body sensations, one arrhythmia and one aspiration pneumonia. "
3.	Radiotherapy 09/01/1989 - "Radiotherapy was applied to 14 esophageal carcinomas with respiratory tract fistulas using various treatment regimens. "
4.	Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy) 01/15/1988 - "In aerodigestive cancers, respiratory tract fistula may be a rare and potentially fatal complication of chemotherapy induced tumor lysis." 01/15/1988 - "Bronchoesophageal fistulae, a form of respiratory tract fistula, occurred in four patients with squamous cell carcinoma arising in the esophagus or left bronchus after cytoreductive chemotherapy. "