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Emergency esophagogastrectomy for treatment of hydrochloric acid injury
O P Horváth1, T Oláh, G Zentai
1Department of Surgery and Anesthesiology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Hungary.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
Eight patients with severe hydrochloric acid injury of the esophagus and stomach had early esophagogastrectomy. Four patients survived and 6 to 8 weeks later underwent successful substernal colon replacement. The value of early diagnosis and subsequent aggressive surgical management of patients who have ingested hydrochloric acid is stressed.