title: [An update on esophageal perforation].
abstract: Esophageal perforation is a complicated clinical entity that demands a high level of diagnostic and therapeutic skills. The management alternatives vary from conservative treatment to esophagectomy, including primary suture and esophageal exclusion. This paper is a review of the literature and personal experience with this condition, focusing on etiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic workout, treatment, complications and mortality. Finally, we propose a management algorithm.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile. ibraghet@redclinica.uchile.cl
authors.forename: Italo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Braghetto
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Csendes
authors.forename: Owen
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Korn
mesh_terms: D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans