title: Iatrogenic oesophageal perforations in patients with cancer of the oesophagus.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hatzitheofilou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kakoyiannis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Charalambides
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Degiannis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Demetriades
mesh_terms: 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