Jj. Pagbe et al., TREATMENT OF TRAUMATIC PERFORATION OF THE CERVICAL ESOPHAGUS WITH A PEDICULE FLAP OF THE STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE, Journal de chirurgie, 130(8-9), 1993, pp. 378-380
The diagnosis and management of oesophageal perforation is quite a pro
blem. When the perforation is diagnosed early, treatment is easy with
subsequently good results. When the diagnosis is delayed, treatment be
come complex, with a morbidity rate of about 35 % and a high morbidity
. This simple case report, describe the use of a sternocleido-mastoid
muscle flap in the repair of a traumatic cervical oesophageal perforat
ion with important loss of substance.