Table 1. Cases series of AGF.

No.	Sex	Age	Operation	Occurrence time	Location of fistula orifice on airway	Location of fistula orifice on digestive track	Initial symptom(s)	Results	Fistula orifices at the same horizontal
1	M	65	McKeown	POD 18	Above carina 1 cm	Thoracic stomach	Coughing after swallowing	Died of aspiration pneumonia after 3 months	No
2	M	58	Ivor-Lewis	POD 20	Left main bronchus	–	Coughing after swallowing	Cured in 4 weeks	No
3	M	51	Ivor-Lewis	POD 11	Left main bronchus	Esophagogastric anastomosis	Cough & fever	Cured in 4 weeks	No
4	M	55	Ivor-Lewis	POM 3	Above carina 0.5 cm	Thoracic stomach	Coughing after swallowing	Cured in 8 weeks	No
5	M	58	Ivor-Lewis	POD 11	Above carina 0.8 cm	Esophagogastric anastomosis	Cough & dyspnea	Cured in 4 weeks	No
6	M	73	Ivor-Lewis	POD 19	Above carina 1.5 cm	Esophagogastric anastomosis	Coughing after swallowing	Cured in 5 weeks	No
7	M	67	Ivor-Lewis	POD 7	Right main bronchus	Esophagogastric anastomosis	Failure of NGT to create negative pressure	Cured in 8 weeks	No
8	M	57	Ivor-Lewis	POD 5	Right main bronchus	Esophagogastric anastomosis	Failure of NGT to create negative pressure	Cured in 8 weeks	No
9	M	55	Ivor-Lewis	POD 7	Above carina 1 cm	Esophagogastric anastomosis	Failure of NGT to create negative pressure	Cured in 4 weeks	No
10	M	59	McKeown	POD 9	Right middle bronchus	Esophagogastric anastomosis	Failure of NGT to create negative pressure	Cured in 6 weeks	No
11	M	62	Ivor-Lewis	POD 12	Left main bronchus	Esophagogastric anastomosis	Cough & excessive phlegm	Cured in 4 weeks	No
12	M	61	McKeown	POD 8	Right main bronchus	Esophagogastric anastomosis	Cough & excessive phlegm	Died of aspiration pneumonia in 3 months	Yes
13	M	64	Ivor-Lewis	POD 24	Left main bronchus	Thoracic stomach	Hemoptysis & dyspnea	Died of hemoptysis on day 10	Yes
14	M	67	Ivor-Lewis	POD 4	Apex of right lung	Esophagogastric anastomosis	Failure of NGT to create negative pressure	Died of aspiration pneumonia after 9 months	Yes
15	M	64	Ivor-Lewis	POD 8	Above carina 2 cm	Thoracic stomach	Failure of NGT to create negative pressure	Fistula recurred on day 4, died of aspiration pneumonia on day 9	Yes
16	M	67	Ivor-Lewis	POY 4	Right main bronchus	Thoracic stomach	Coughing after swallowing	Fistula recurred on week 4, died of aspiration pneumonia	Yes
17	M	60	Ivor-Lewis	POD 15	Right main bronchus	Thoracic stomach	Cough & excessive phlegm	Cured in 2 weeks	Yes
18	F	57	McKeown	POD 9	Above carina 2 cm	Thoracic stomach	Failure of NGT to create negative pressure	Cured in 2 weeks	Yes
19	M	58	Ivor-Lewis	POD 45	Right middle bronchus	Thoracic stomach	Cough & excessive phlegm	Cured in 8 weeks	Yes
20	M	63	McKeown	POD 22	Above carina 1 cm	Esophagogastric anastomosis	Fever	Cured in 3 weeks	Yes
21	M	67	Ivor-Lewis	POD 9	–	–	Sudden conscious lessness	Died of aspiration pneumonia on day 23	Yes
22	M	65	Sweet	POY 14	Left main bronchus	Thoracic stomach	Coughing after swallowing	Fistula recurred on day 7, died of massive hemoptysis	Yes
23	F	54	Ivor-Lewis	POD 12	–	Esophagogastric anastomosis	Fever & dyspnea	Died of aspiration pneumonia on day 14	No
24	M	64	McKeown	POD 15	Above carina 3 cm	Esophagogastric anastomosis	Fever & dyspnea	Died of aspiration pneumonia on day 50	Yes
25	F	59	Ivor-Lewis	POD 16	Above carina 3.5 cm	Thoracic stomach	Fever & dyspnea	Died of aspiration pneumonia on day 20	Yes
26	M	58	Ivor-Lewis	POD 12	Above carina 1.5 cm	Thoracic stomach	Coughing after swallowing	Cured in 7 weeks	Yes

AGF, airway-gastric fistula; POD, postoperative day; POM, postoperative month; POY, postoperative year; NGT, nasogastric tube.