Iatrogenic esophageal perforation--diagnosis and therapy.
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.).
Hrbaty
B
B
Ist Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. bll@fmed.uniba.sk
Skultety
J
J
Labas
P
P
Durdik
S
S
Malinovsky
P
P
Ziak
P
P
Paliatka
J
J
D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease