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Surgical treatment of late esophageal perforations.
- Source :
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The American surgeon [Am Surg] 1976 Jul; Vol. 42 (7), pp. 488-91. - Publication Year :
- 1976
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Abstract
- The salvage of patients with late esophageal perforations is a formidable surgical undertaking. The basic objectives of surgical therapy should be: prompt debridement and control of sepsis by establishing an adequate, controlled route of decompression drainage, salvage of all viable and functional esophagus (except in massive disruptions with circumferential loss), adequate support of life control systems, and establishment of an appropriate alternate route for supportive alimentation. The method of treatment used in the group of patients reported here satisfies all these objectives. Our experience justifies further consideration of this technique in dealing with this catastrophic illness.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Esophageal Fistula diagnostic imaging
Esophageal Perforation mortality
Female
Fistula diagnostic imaging
Humans
Iatrogenic Disease
Male
Middle Aged
Pericardium diagnostic imaging
Postoperative Complications diagnostic imaging
Postoperative Complications mortality
Postoperative Complications surgery
Radiography
Rupture, Spontaneous surgery
Esophageal Perforation surgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0003-1348
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The American surgeon
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 937857