Endoscopic closure of transmural esophageal perforation after balloon dilation for achalasia
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Endoscopic closure of transmural esophageal perforation after balloon dilation for achalasia.
A 56-year old woman was transferred to our hospital 1 day after balloon dilation for recently diagnosed achalasia that had been complicated by transmural esophageal perforation. Physical examination revealed tachycardia and fever, as well as left-sided pleural fluid. Emergency surgery was performed, which involved transhiatal primary closure of a 4-cm long transmural perforation, debridement of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endoscopy
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0013-726X,1438-8812
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1326257