Management of esophageal perforation: experience from a tertiary center in India.

Background/aim: The management of esophageal perforations remains controversial in large part due to variability in etiology, time of presentation, location, and underlying esophageal disease. We reviewed our experience in treating patients with esophageal perforations and evaluated the etiology, management and outcome of intervention in a tertiary center.

Methods: Between 1999 and 2007, 48 patients with esophageal perforation were treated in a tertiary referral center in southern India.

Factors affecting outcome after Frey procedure for chronic pancreatitis.

Background: Debilitating abdominal pain remains the most common presentation of chronic pancreatitis and the treatment remains challenging.

Objective: This prospective study analyzed the outcome of Frey's procedure in patients with inflammatory head mass.

Methods: For the period between 2002 and 2007, 77 patients with chronic pancreatitis underwent Frey procedure for intractable abdominal pain.

Management of post dilatation oesophageal perforation: an experience from a tertiary centre.

Background: Treatment of oesophageal perforation remains controversial. This study shows that native oesophagus should be preserved. Early recognition improves survival.