NYMC Faculty Publications
Management of Esophageal Injuries Secondary to Trauma
DOI
10.1016/j.injury.2017.06.012
Journal Title
Injury
First Page
1735
Last Page
1742
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2017
Department
Surgery
Abstract
Traumatic esophageal injuries occur less than 10% of the time in the setting of blunt or penetrating trauma. The purpose of this literature review is to provide an update on the most recent changes involving the diagnosis and treatment of esophageal injuries. A literature search was conducted using PubMed, to identify articles written in English language with the terms "non- iatrogenic", "esophageal", "trauma", "diagnosis", "management", and "prognosis". Case reports and articles involving non-traumatic esophageal perforations were excluded. Fifty pertinent articles in English language from 1947 to 2015 were selected for review. Based on the review of all articles, we designed a diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm to facilitate the diagnosis and management of the traumatic esophageal injury.
Recommended Citation
Petrone, P., Kassimi, K., Jimenez-Gomez, M., Betancourt, A., Axelrad, A., & Marini, C. (2017). Management of Esophageal Injuries Secondary to Trauma. Injury, 48 (8), 1735-1742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2017.06.012