Internal Drainage of an Esophageal Perforation in a Patient with a High Surgical Risk
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
; : 395-398, 2017.
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ABSTRACT
A 71-year-old man presented with a productive cough and fever, and he was diagnosed as having an esophageal perforation and a mediastinal abscess. He had a history of traumatic hemothorax and pleural drainage for empyema in the right chest and was considered unable to tolerate thoracic surgery because of sepsis and progressive aspiration pneumonia. In order to aggressively drain the mediastinal contamination, we performed internal drainage by placing a Levin tube into the mediastinum through the perforation site. This procedure, in conjunction with controlling sepsis and providing sufficient postpyloric nutrition, allowed the esophageal injury to completely heal.
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Asunto principal:
Neumonía por Aspiración
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Cirugía Torácica
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Tórax
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Drenaje
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Sepsis
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Tos
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Absceso
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Empiema
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Perforación del Esófago
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Fiebre
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Aged
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Humans
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The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Año:
2017
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Article