Rupture of the oesophagus following cricoid pressure?

Rupture of the oesophagus.

Pressure Rupture and Spontaneous Perforation of the Oesophagus.

In 1946, when Barrett reviewed all the recorded cases of spontaneous perforation of the oesophagus, he was able to collect 60 among which there were no survivors. He concluded his paper with the following remarks: 'In the byeways of surgery there can be few conditions more dramatic in their presentation and more terrible in their symptoms than spontaneous perforation of the oesophagus. No case ...

Pressure rupture and spontaneous perforation of the oesophagus DOUGLAS

In 1946, when Barrett reviewed all the recorded cases of spontaneous perforation of the oesophagus, he was able to collect 60 among which there were no survivors. He concluded his paper with the following remarks: 'In the byeways of surgery there can be few conditions more dramatic in their presentation and more terrible in their symptoms than spontaneous perforation of the oesophagus. No case ...

Neurogenic rupture of the oesophagus.

IT was in 1849 that Rokitanski noticed the relative frequency with which gastric and oesophageal lesions were found in patients who had died of intracranial disease. Cushing, in 1932, described eleven cases of alimentary tract lesions occurring in association with intracranial disease; two of them had rupture of the oesophagus. Fincher and Swanson (1949) described three cases of neurogenic rupt...

Cricoid pressure.

PURPOSE Although cricoid pressure (CP) is a superficially simple and appropriate mechanical method to protect the patient from regurgitation and gastric insufflation, in practice it is a complex manoeuvre which is difficult to perform optimally. The purpose of this review is to examine and evaluate studies on the application of (CP). It deals with anatomical and physiological considerations, te...