Esophageal Rupture Due to Diving in Shallow Waters

Autor:	Soon-Ho Chon, Jong Hyun Lee, Oh-Sang Kwon, Min Koo Lee, Sung Ho Han, Kyounghwan Kim, Jung Suk Kim, Ho hyoung Lee, June Raphael Chon
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Decompressive laminectomy business.industry Chest pain Cervical spine Surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Blunt 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Medicine 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology medicine.symptom business human activities
Zdroj:	Journal of Trauma and Injury. 31:16-18
ISSN:	2287-1683 1738-8767
DOI:	10.20408/jti.2018.31.1.16
Popis:	Delayed esophageal rupture due to blunt injury is not new. However, rupture due to suspected barotrauma is very rare. We describe a case of esophageal rupture in a male 24-year-old patient after diving in shallow waters. The patient was quadriplegic and could not experience the typical chest pain related to rupture and resulting mediasti nitis. The rupture was discovered 4 days after emergency decompressive laminectomy and fusion for his cervical spine. The rupture was evidently caused by barotrauma and was discovered four days after admission. He underwent primary closure and pericar dial flap as a life-saving procedure.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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