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Instrumental perforation of the oesophagus A ten year study from two ENT clinics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Thure Rådmark*
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, University of Gothenburg, Vänersborg, Sweden.
Nils Sandberg
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, University of Gothenburg, Vänersborg, Sweden.
Gösta Pettersson
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, and Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Gothenburg, Vänersborg, Sweden.
*
ENT-clinic, Central Hospital, Vänersborg, S-462 01 Vänersborg 1, Sweden.

Abstract

During the 10-year period 1972–1981, 3,688 and 867 oesophagoscopies were performed at two ENT clinics of a university hospital and of a country hospital with an incidence of oesophageal perforation of 0.8 per cent and 1.1 per cent respectively.

Rigid instruments were used in all cases, most often in combination with dilatation of a benign stricture.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1986

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