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An anastomotic leak with esophagopleural fistula formation developed at the esophagojejunostomy site. The fistula was successfully managed by endoscopic injection with n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate into the fistula, chest tube drainage, systemic antibiotics, and total parenteral nutrition. This case report suggests that combing effective drainage and the use of n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate of nonoperative treatment options for esophagopleural fistula.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.9738\/intsurg-d-14-00191.1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,11,23]],"date-time":"2015-11-23T19:38:25Z","timestamp":1448307505000},"page":"1225-1228","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Endoscopic Treatment of Esophago-Pleural Fistula Following Total Gastrectomy: A Case Report"],"prefix":"10.9738","volume":"100","author":[{"given":"Tzu-Chun","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pei-Ming","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lai","family":"I-Rue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical College, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"4721","reference":[{"issue":"9","key":"i0020-8868-100-7-1225-b01","series-title":"J Gastrointest Surg","first-page":"1659","article-title":"Risk factors for esophagojejunal anastomotic leakage after elective gastrectomy for gastric cancer","volume":"16","author":"Migita\n              K,","year":"2012","unstructured":"Migita\n              K, \n            \n              Takayama\n              T, \n            \n              Matsumoto\n              S, \n            \n              Wakatsuki\n              K, \n            \n              Enomoto\n              K, \n            \n              Tanaka\n              T\n            \n            et al\n          . 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