Airway interventions for tracheobronchial involvement in esophageal carcinoma: a retrospective cohort outcome study and algorithmic approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In advanced esophageal carcinoma (EC), there is limited data on risk factors predicting tracheobronchoesophageal fistula (TEF) formation and survival among patients who required airway interventions.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of consecutive patients with EC, who had airway involvement requiring intervention, was conducted from 1998 to 2018. Demographics, clinical progress, disease stage, treatment and survival outcomes were recorded. Patients were followed up till death or until completion of the study. Survival was estimated with the Kaplan-Meier method and curves compared by log-rank test. Multivariate analyses of risk factors were performed using Cox proportional hazard regression.

Results

A total of 122 patients were included. The median (IQR) su

SUBMITTER: Leong CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9344407 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature