An unusual case of oesophageal rupture treated by transhiatal oesophagectomy.
Spontaneous rupture of the oesophagus is an uncommon surgical emergency. A case is presented in which the extensive nature of the rupture precluded standard methods of treatment and was treated by transhiatal oesophagectomy.
Park
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Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T.
Crofts
T J
TJ
Chung
S C
SC
Li
A K
AK
D000368:Aged; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous