title: Tracheobronchial necrosis after caustic ingestion.
abstract: Between 1968 and 1988, 679 patients were hospitalized for ingestion of caustic substances, and 87 had severe caustic burns of the entire esophagus, together with panparietal necrosis. Twenty-one of them had tracheobronchial necrosis with perforation. Fifteen have not been operated on; six have had operations, with success in four. We describe an original technique for repairing these tracheobronchial perforations with a pulmonary patch.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Saint Louis, Service de Chirurgie Viscérale, Paris, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sarfati
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Servant
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: d'Acremont
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roland
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ghidalia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Celerier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002424:Caustics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D002424:Caustics