What to do with esophageal fistula

Esophageal fistula can be treated by surgery, drug therapy and other treatments.

1. Surgical treatment of

esophageal fistula mainly adopts surgical treatment, especially for those with large fistula, under the premise of tolerance to surgery, surgery should be performed as soon as possible to close the fistula and relieve the discomfort caused by the disease.

2. Drug therapy

For patients with infection, anti-infection treatment can be given, commonly used drugs are clarithromycin, amoxicillin, metronidazole, etc.

3. Other treatments

mainly include esophageal stent implantation treatment, titanium clip treatment under gastroscope, etc., which can cover or clamp the esophageal fistula in a physical way to restore esophageal patency.