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  • Title: Early blunt esophagectomy in severe caustic burns of the upper digestive tract. Report of 29 cases.
    Author: Gossot D, Sarfati E, Celerier M.
    Journal: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg; 1987 Aug; 94(2):188-91. PubMed ID: 3613616.
    Abstract:
    Caustic ingestion may cause severe necrosis of the upper digestive tract. Of 520 patients admitted in our department for caustic ingestion, 29 (5.5%) underwent emergency esophagogastrectomy because of transmural necrosis. We used a stripping procedure, which was performed through a cervicotomy and a laparotomy. This method allowed 18 patients (62%) to survive. Thus it appears to be a safer technique than open thoracic esophagectomy, which we used in our earlier experience.
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