Transhiatal closure of right-sided esophageal rupture after a left pneumonectomy.
Right-sided spontaneous esophageal rupture developed 2 days after left pneumonectomy and vomiting. To avoid contamination of the pneumonectomized left thoracic cavity as well as a contralateral thoracotomy, we used a transhiatal approach for primary repair of the rupture, combined with right-sided pleural and mediastinal drainage, gastrostomy, and feeding jejunostomy. The 7-day barium meal control showed healing of the rupture.
Kotsis
L
L
Thoracic Surgical Clinic, Postgraduate Medical University, Budapest, Hungary.
Agócs
L
L
Kovács
J
J
D000368:Aged; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011859:Radiography; D012421:Rupture; D014839:Vomiting / Q000150:complications*