Management of corrosive injuries of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Our experience in 58 patients.
G Chir
; 32(4): 188-93, 2011 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The ingestion of caustic substances is one of the most difficult conditions to be treated in Emergency Department. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
The medical records of patients with caustic ingestion and hospitalized from 2003 to 2008 at the Division of General Emergency Surgery with Polyspecialistic Observation of AORN "A. Cardarelli "in Naples, have been revalued.RESULTS:
From 2003 to 2008, 58 patients with caustic ingestion were admitted to our Division. Ten of these patients (17.24%) underwent surgery. Six patients underwent oesophageal and gastric resection with cervical esophagostomy and alimentary digiunostomy in emergency; two underwent exploratory laparotomy, two had gastroenteroanastomosis for antropyloric stenosis. One patient underwent new operation for a complication. In total, three reconstructions of oesophagus with colon were performed . Of the six patients undergoing esofagogastrectomy, two died in the first postoperative day, but four have passed the acute phase.CONCLUSIONS:
There is no universally accepted diagnostic and therapeutic procedure for the management of these patients, who are often left - as it appears in literature - to the personal experience of the surgeon who is dealing with this situation.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Queimaduras Químicas
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Cáusticos
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Trato Gastrointestinal Superior
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article