[Video-assisted thoracic surgery for spontaneous rupture of the esophagus].
A spontaneous rupture of the esophagus occurs rarely, and its mortality rate is relative high if it was lately diagnosed, or treated. We here report the case of spontaneous rupture of the esophagus which were successfully treated with omentopexy under the video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS).
Yamashita
Shinichi
S
Department of Surgery II, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Japan.
Moroga
Toshihiko
T
Kamei
Mirei
M
Ono
Kiyoshi
K
Takahashi
Yoshiaki
Y
Takeno
Shinsuke
S
Yamamoto
Satoshi
S
Kawahara
Katsunobu
K
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000209:etiology; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009852:Omentum / Q000637:transplantation; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted