Abstract | INTRODUCTION: The therapy of esophageal perforation is still challenging. The aim of this study was to assess the etiology, specific treatment, and outcome of esophageal disruption in order to generate an optimal therapeutic approach to improve patient's outcome. METHODS: RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: An approach considering etiology and extent of perforation, diagnostic delay, and septic status is required to improve patient's outcome. Primary repair is feasible in patients without intrinsic esophageal disease and evidence of sepsis. The greater the diagnostic delay, the more the destruction of the esophageal wall especially in the case of septic esophageal disease, thus the stronger the argument for esophagectomy if anatomically and/or oncologically possible.
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Authors | Joerg Lindenmann, Veronika Matzi, Nicole Neuboeck, Udo Anegg, Alfred Maier, Josef Smolle, Freyja Maria Smolle-Juettner |
Journal | Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
(J Gastrointest Surg)
Vol. 17
Issue 6
Pg. 1036-43
(Jun 2013)
ISSN: 1873-4626 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 23558714
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Algorithms
- Esophageal Perforation
(complications, etiology, therapy)
- Esophagectomy
(adverse effects)
- Esophagoscopy
(adverse effects)
- Female
- Humans
- Iatrogenic Disease
- Length of Stay
- Male
- Mediastinal Diseases
(therapy)
- Middle Aged
- Retrospective Studies
- Sepsis
(etiology)
- Stents
- Survival Analysis
- Time Factors
- Young Adult
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