PMC1183227_01
CT scan of chest of showing communication between the right main bronchus and the gastric conduit.
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F1
However as the fistula was positioned in the middle of the gastric conduit (Figure 1) it was not deemed amenable to stenting due to poor fixation of the stent and risk of migration.
Intra-operative picture showing the fistula (arrowed) between two forceps.
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F2
At operation a right-sided re-thoracotomy was performed and careful dissection carried out to display the anatomy of the GBF (Figure 2).