TREATMENT OF TRAUMATIC PERFORATION OF THE CERVICAL ESOPHAGUS WITH A PEDICULE FLAP OF THE STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE

Authors
PAGBE JJ ANDZE G NGUIMBOUS JF EDZOA T
Citation
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
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Journal de chirurgie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00217697
Volume
130
Issue
8-9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
378 - 380
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-7697(1993)130:8-9<378:TOTPOT>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
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.