Perforated Oesophagus following Burns

Peptic ulceration of the oesophagus following corrosive burns.

Ten cases of combined corrosive and peptic strictures of the oesophagus have been described. The peptic stricture of the oesophagus occurred 20 to 50 years after the corrosive burn. The authors believe that the hiatal hernia was due to the contraction of the fibrotic wall of the oesophagus, and therefore they prefer to call it a traction hiatal hernia. The operation of choice in these cases is ...

Instrumental perforation of the oesophagus and perforated duodenal ulcer.

Instrumental perforation of the oesophagus is a serious and, unfortunately, not a very rare accident. The occurrence in addition of perforation of a duodenal ulcer constitutes a situation which is rare, difficult to diagnose, and fraught with great danger to the patient. Simultaneous perforation of multiple peptic ulcers has been described in several reports since that of Finney (1900). As pept...

Corrosive burns of the oesophagus and their treatment.

Perforated diverticulitis following extra-abdominal surgery.

The peritonitis of perforated diverticular disease is a life-threatening condition. We report three cases where it occurred following unrelated extra-abdominal surgery and where surgical intervention proved to be the correct course of management. All cases were treated with a Hartmann's procedure; this is probably the safest option for purulent peritonitis in patients who are a high operative r...

Late residual pulmonary sequel following kerosene burns.