title: Esophageal injury.
abstract: This review considers all possible modes of esophageal injury, based on a schema originally published in 1954 and more recently modified in 1970. For each category of injury there are detailed discussions of diagnosis and treatment. The best available knowledge of present-day modalities has been based on a survey of the literature for the past decade. When diverse methods of treatment were encountered, we have made comments consistent with our personal experience, when appropriate. The medicolegal literature contains a number of references to esophaegeal injury. Certain excerpts dealing with several types of potential actions are extracted: (1) suits to recover damages for esophageal perforation in which negligent endoscopy was claimed; (2) suits following endoscopic accidents in which lack of informed consent was claimed; and (3) suits for professional liability based on misdiagnosis, delayed diagnosis, or wrong treatment of esophaegeal perforation.
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000188:drug therapy; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D004944:Esophagoplasty; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D004947:Esophagus / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000637:transplantation; D008318:Malpractice; D011708:Pylorus / Q000601:surgery; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014628:Vagotomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot
chemical_list: D003345:Corticosterone