Iatrogenic oesophageal perforations in patients with cancer of the oesophagus.
The records of 780 patients who had 917 sessions of rigid oesophagoscopy and instrumentation for advanced cancer of the oesophagus were reviewed. Forty-three cases of iatrogenic perforation of the oesophagus were identified. Of 19 patients who were treated with immediate Celestine tube introduction, 13 survived. Only 2 of 9 patients treated conservatively survived. Routine oesophagography after rigid instrumentation of the oesophagus should probably be added to our protocol.
Hatzitheofilou
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Department of Surgery, Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg.
Kakoyiannis
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Charalambides
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Degiannis
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Ross
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Demetriades
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged