Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  2006 May;39(5):387-393.

Clinical Evaluation of Instrumental Esophageal Perforation

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  • 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea. jaekpark@catholic.ac.kr

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Esophageal perforation is an uncommon problem, but it is associated with high mortality. We performed a retrospective review of patients with instrumental esophageal perforation to assess the outcome of current management techniques. MATERIAL AND METHOD: We retrospectively analyzed all cases of instrumental esophageal perforation diagnosed at our hospital from January 1999 through to March 2005. The study group consisted of 12 patients (8 women and 4 men) with a mean age of 48.8 years (range, 21~83 years). We reviewed the effects of the surgical or medical treatments in various conditions of patients, such as of various sites of perforation and time delayed after injury. RESULT: Perforations were due to diagnostic endoscopy (50.0%, 6/12), esophageal bougination for benign stricture (33.3%, 4/12), endoscopic port insertion (8.3%, 1/12), and tracheal intubation (8.3%, 1/12). The perforated sites were thoracic in 7 patients and cervical in 5. The treatment included resection and reconstruction (5 cases), incision and drainage (4 cases), medical treatment (2 cases), and closed thoracostomy drainage only (1 case). Post-operative complications of transient pneumonia and wound infection were developed in 1 patient respectively. Both occurred in two patients with diffuse mediastinal abscess formation. The overall mortality was 8.3% (1/12) in one old patient who was managed medically for cervical esophageal perforation.
CONCLUSION
We concluded that surgical treatment for esophageal perforations was safe and effective whether diagnosed early or lately.

Keyword

Instruments; Esophageal perforation; Esophageal surgery

MeSH Terms

Abscess
Constriction, Pathologic
Drainage
Endoscopy
Esophageal Perforation*
Female
Humans
Intubation
Mortality
Pneumonia
Retrospective Studies
Thoracostomy
Wound Infection
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