Traumatic esophageal perforation in Puerto Rico Trauma Hospital: A case-series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Esophageal injuries are rare, life-threatening, events with an overall reported incidence of less than 3%. In rare cases, trauma due to blunt or penetrating injuries cause esophageal perforations, which account for less than 15% of all esophageal injuries.

Materials and methods

A case-series study was conducted to describe the outcomes and management of all the traumatic esophageal injuries at the Puerto Rico Trauma Hospital (PRTH) from 2000 through 2017. These cases were evaluated in terms of etiology of perforation, mechanism of injury and esophageal level.

Results

Sixteen patients were treated for esophageal injuries at the PRTH between 2000 and 2017. Of these patients, 15 (93.7%) were males with a median age of 24.5 years (16, 49). Regarding the etiolog

SUBMITTER: Vazquez-Rodriguez JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6611994 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature