title: A Successful Strategy for Surgical Treatment of Boerhaave's Syndrome Sans Thoracotomy.
abstract: Boerhaave's syndrome is a rare life threatening condition that is often misdiagnosed and fatal if not treated promptly. While the gold standard is early surgical intervention, recent studies have showed success with conservative management. We report a case of Boerhaave's syndrome that was managed conservatively by decompressive gastrostomy, feeding jejunostomy, bilateral intercostal drainage tubes with added proximal diverting cervical esophagostomy. The patient recovered completely and stoma closure was done two months later.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Topiwala National Medical College and Bai Yamunabai Laxman Charitable Nair Hospital , Mumbai Central, India .
authors.forename: Devbrata Radhikamohan
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Adhikari
authors.affiliation: Resident, Department of General Surgery, Topiwala National Medical College and Bai Yamunabai Laxman Charitable Nair Hospital , Mumbai Central, India .
authors.forename: Ajeet Ramamani
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.affiliation: Resident, Department of General Surgery, Topiwala National Medical College and Bai Yamunabai Laxman Charitable Nair Hospital , Mumbai Central, India .
authors.forename: Siddharth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vankipuram
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, Topiwala National Medical College and Bai Yamunabai Laxman Charitable Nair Hospital , Mumbai Central, India .
authors.forename: Aniruddha Prabhakar
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Chaphekar
authors.affiliation: Resident, Department of General Surgery, Topiwala National Medical College and Bai Yamunabai Laxman Charitable Nair Hospital , Mumbai Central, India .
authors.forename: Ritesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Satardey
keywords: Conservative management; Esophagostomy; Intercostal drainage