Cervical esophageal strictures - a surgical approach.

Abstract

Seven patients have successfully undergone surgical correction of their cervical esophageal strictures. The strictures are secondary to caustic ingestion or follow the repair for Zenker's diverticulum. In the first stage the stricture is exteriorized with an extended cervical esophagostomy. The second stage follows in four or six weeks, at which time the adjacent skin to the stoma is trap-doored over the defect and provides a significant amount of skin to augment the esophageal lumen. All of these patients are eating normally.

• Authors: M K Pierce
• Journal: The Laryngoscope (Laryngoscope) Vol. 90 Issue 1 Pg. 95-7 (Jan 1980) ISSN: 0023-852X [Print] United States
• PMID: 6766201 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Caustics

Topics

• Adult
• Burns, Chemical (complications)
• Caustics
• Diverticulum, Esophageal (surgery)
• Esophageal Stenosis (chemically induced, etiology, surgery)
• Female
• Humans
• Infant
• Male
• Methods
• Middle Aged
• Postoperative Complications (surgery)