Endo-esophageal mechanical injuries
The esophagus may be injured from its lumen, either during endoscopy or by an ingested foreign body. In both situa tions, the types of lesions are similar: minlmal injury , tearing of the mucosa, and complete perforation. They present common diagnostic and therapeutic problems, which are discussed i...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1975 |
| País: | Uruguay |
| Institución: | Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay |
| Repositorio: | Revista Cirugía del Uruguay |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.revista.scu.org.uy:article/2814 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/2814 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | esófago perforación esophagus perforation |
| Sumario: | The esophagus may be injured from its lumen, either during endoscopy or by an ingested foreign body. In both situa tions, the types of lesions are similar: minlmal injury , tearing of the mucosa, and complete perforation. They present common diagnostic and therapeutic problems, which are discussed in the present work. In 2,500 esophagoscoples períormed by the author, onIy 6 complete perforations occurred (one In every 415 cases) -3 oí them dicd -and only one se...cre blecding. |
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