title: Iatrogenic esophageal perforation--diagnosis and therapy.
abstract: The diagnosis and therapy of iatrogenic esophageal perforation in a group of patients treated for this condition. During the period of 1994-2002 twelve patients suffered iatrogenic esophageal perforation with a mortality rate of 33.3%. The therapeutical approach consisted of either primary repair of the perforation, drainage of the mediastinum and pleural cavity or inserting a stent. (Ref. 6.).
authors.affiliation: Ist Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. bll@fmed.uniba.sk
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hrbaty
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skultety
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Labas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Durdik
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Malinovsky
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ziak
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paliatka
mesh_terms: D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease