[Treatment of a neglected traumatic perforation of the cervical esophagus by a muscular flap from the sterno-cleido-mastoid muscle. Apropos of a case]

Autor: J J, Pagbe, G, Andze, J F, Nguimbous, T, Edzoa
Jazyk: francouzština
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: Journal de chirurgie. 130(8-9)
ISSN: 0021-7697
Popis: The diagnosis and management of oesophageal perforation is quite a problem. When the perforation is diagnosed early, treatment is easy with subsequently good results. When the diagnosis is delayed, treatment become 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 perforation with important loss of substance.
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