Orestis Ioannidis, Anastasia Malliora, Panagiotis Christidis, Efstathios Kotidis, Manousos G Pramateftakis, Ioannis Mantzoros, Nikolaos Ouzounidis, Vasilis Foutsitzis, Stamatios Angelopoulos, Konstantinos Tsalis
An 83-year-old female patient presented to the Emergency Department with shortness of breath, difficulty swallowing and left-sided chest pain following a vomiting attempt. A rupture in the left lower third of the esophagus, with hydropneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and subcutaneous emphysema was revealed by chest X-ray, thoracic computed tomography scan, and contrast esophagography. The patient was successfully treated conservatively with closed thoracostomy, intravenous fluids, parenteral nutrition, and broad-spectrum antibiotics coverage...
2021: Cirugia y Cirujanos