Esophageal exclusion and bypass for corrosive injury: The lessons learnt

• Hauptverfasser: Richa Lal (Verfasst von), Anu Behari (Verfasst von), Jayanth Reddy (Verfasst von), Banani Poddar (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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While it is always preferable to excise and replace the diseased esophagus in corrosive injuries, the surgeon may be compelled to exclude and bypass it by a substernal conduit in select situations wherein excision is technically hazardous. This case illustrates the lessons learnt from a potentially...