Objective Evaluation of causes, therapy and influence comorbidity postoperative complications in patients with pharyngeal proximal esophageal perforations (PHP).

Tuberculous ulceration of the intestine has become uncommon with the decrease in the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis. Free perforation of a tuberculous ulcer into the peritoneal cavity is even less common. This case report deals with an example of multiple perforations of tuberculous ulcers of the ileum associated with florid pulmonary tuberculosis. CASE HISTORY The patient, a 57-year-old E...

OBJECTIVE To assess our results of a prospective algorithm applied to patients with thoracic esophageal perforation. METHODS A retrospective review of a prospective algorithm. Patients with esophageal perforation underwent an esophagram. If there was a contained esophageal perforation they were admitted, kept nothing by mouth, and restudied in 3-5 days. If the leak was not contained, they und...

A seven-month-old male Asian baby presented with headache and a large right parietal scalp hematoma after falling from a bed onto a wooden floor. The infant was previously well, born via non-traumatic vaginal delivery following uneventful pregnancy. Normal developmental and growth milestones were met. On examination, Glasgow Coma Scale was 15 with no neurological deficits. In accordance with lo...

esophageal perforation continues to be a difficult diagnostic and management problem. recommendations regarding treatment remain controversial. 17 patients with perforation of the esophagus were retrospectively reviewed at the thoracic surgery unit of imam khomeini hospital between 1981 and 1992. the majority of the injuries involved the thoracic esophagus (10 or 59%), followed by the cervical ...

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Correspondence We would like to address the manuscript titled " Clinical Outcomes of Silk Patch in Acute Tympanic Membrane Perforation " by Lee et al. [1]. The work is very interesting and we agree with the authors that patching may reduce the closure time o...

OBJECTIVE This is a report of 50 consecutive patients with juxtapyloric perforations after smoking "crack" cocaine (cocaine base) at one urban public hospital. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Although the exact causal relation between smoking crack cocaine and a subsequent juxtapyloric perforation has not been defined, surgical services in urban public hospitals now treat significant numbers of male ...