title: Management of Boerhaave's syndrome: report of three cases.
abstract: From 2000 to 2005, three patients with Boerhaave's syndrome were successfully managed in our Department. Two of them received the appropriate treatment belatedly, with primary closure and bolstering tissue wrap. One of them required further intervention with a cervical esophagostomy and exclusion of the perforated esophagus. The third patient with an esophageal perforation related disorder, was managed with surgical exploration and drainage alone. Primary suturing of the esophagus should be performed only in patients with an early perforation. In cases of prolonged delay between rupture and diagnosis, esophageal resection with cervical esophagostomy and gastrostomy is advocated as the safest therapy.
authors.affiliation: 4th Surgical Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Exohi 570 10, Dorileou 3, 55133 Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsalis
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vasiliadis
authors.forename: Theodor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsachalis
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Christoforidis
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Blouhos
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Betsis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome