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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Endoscopic palliative management of esophageal and tracheal rupture

Carmelo SciumèGiuseppe ModicaGirolamo GeraciFrancesco Raffaele

subject

medicine.medical_specialtyPalliative careTracheal rupturemedicine.medical_treatmentMEDLINEText miningtracheal rupturemedicineIntubation IntratrachealIntubationHumansEndoscopy Digestive SystemendoscopyEsophageal Perforationmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryGeneral surgeryPalliative CareGastroenterologyEsophageal ruptureMiddle AgedEndoscopySettore MED/18 - Chirurgia GeneralestentFemaleStentsbusiness

description

The increasing number of patients requiring intensive care and airway support has led to a growing recognition that significant short- and long-term morbidity may be associated with the use of artificial airways; this is despite significant improvements in the materials used in laryngeal tubes, which aim to decrease the trauma associated with long-term intubation. We present the first case, to our knowledge,of huge, nontraumatic, esophageal perforation, widely communicating with the trachea, and which was treated successfully with double endoscopic stent placement.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2014-01-01
10.1055/s-0034-1377405http://hdl.handle.net/10447/436751