IATROGENIC PERFORATION OF THE ESOPHAGUS - A SEVERE COMPLICATION IN THE TREATMENT OF PRETERM NEONATES

Authors
BADER P GOELZ R DREWS K BERGER D SPEER CP
Citation
P. Bader et al., IATROGENIC PERFORATION OF THE ESOPHAGUS - A SEVERE COMPLICATION IN THE TREATMENT OF PRETERM NEONATES, Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Perinatologie, 200(1), 1996, pp. 33-35
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Perinatologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
09482393
Volume
200
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
33 - 35
Database
ISI
SICI code
0948-2393(1996)200:1<33:IPOTE->2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Two preterm neonates were referred to our institution, one with suspec ted oesophageal atresia and one with the definite diagnosis of oesopha geal atresia for further treatment. Diagnostic procedures identified a n iatrogenic perforation of the oesophagus which was caused by a feedi ng tube in both patients. The treatment Was based on broad-spectrum an tibiotic therapy and parenteral nutrition. The perforations heald with out long term sequelae.