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Masao Miyashita1, Tsutomu Nomura, Hiroshi Makino
1Surgery for Organ Function and Biological Regulation, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. miyashit@nms.ac.jp
Abstract:
We report a case of perforation of the esophagus associated with mediastinitis and pneumomediastinum during endoscopic treatment. The patient was successfully treated by means of nonsurgical computed tomography-guided mediastinal drainage. Esophagoscopy demonstrated a scar on the 14th day at the perforation site. This nonsurgical treatment with computed tomography-guided mediastinal drainage is proposed as a less invasive treatment for iatrogenic perforation of the esophagus.
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