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Repair of ruptured oesophagus. A case report
Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica
|January 1, 1985
Abstract:
Oesophageal perforation or rupture is a serious condition. Delayed diagnosis is associated with high mortality rate. A method of repair is described, used to cover a lower oesophageal tear with high gastric fundoplication in three cases with delayed diagnosis (greater than 12 h), two of which survived.