Substernal colon interposition is a good reconstruction option after salvage surgery for caustic ingestion injury. Although redundancy and reflux sometimes complicate these cases, there have been no reports in the English literature of perforated diverticula in interposed colon segments. We report a 23-year-old man who underwent substernal colon flap reconstruction after caustic ingestion injury. He had perforated colon diverticulitis develop, which led to a lung abscess 7 years later, followed by resection of the necrotic lung parenchyma and colon repair. This rare case illuminates the importance of including perforated diverticula in interposed colon in the differential diagnosis for such patients.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.10.005 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Retrosternal herniation of transverse colon following minimal invasive esophagectomy causing dysphagia: A case report.
Int J Surg Case Rep
July 2024
Vietnam Military Medical University, Hanoi 113000, Viet Nam.
Introduction And Importance: Minimally invasive esophagectomy has emerged as the established standard for treating esophageal cancer. The gastric graft is usually placed in the posterior mediastinum or the retrosternal tunnel for reconstruction. Hiatal hernia occurrence is more common in the posterior mediastinal reconstruction and is more frequently observed in laparoscopic compared to open approach.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMinimally Invasive Repair of Acquired Benign Thoracic Tracheo-Esophageal Fistula.
Pol Przegl Chir
March 2019
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Command Hospital Central Command), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Background: Repair of large, upper thoracic, cuff-induced, tracheo-esophageal fistula (TEF) is technically demanding and is conventionally performed by open surgery. Minimal access approach is, hitherto, unreported. T echnique & Case: Minimally invasive repair of TEF involving fistula isolation - by thoracoscopic oesophageal exclusion, and simultaneous establishment of alimentary continuity - by laparoscopy-assisted sub-sternal colonic transposition, is described.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSternotomy for aortic dissection with substernal pull through: The importance of surgical history.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
June 2020
Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. Electronic address:
Robotic substernal esophageal bypass and reconstruction with gastric conduit-frequently overlooked minimally invasive option.
J Vis Surg
May 2019
Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Modern esophagectomy includes the esophageal extirpation with immediate reconstruction of the gastrointestinal (GI) continuity via posterior mediastinal route. In the majority of cases tubularized stomach is chosen as the conduit of choice. Other conduits, such as colon or small bowel can be used for these purposes as well.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute pericarditis following endoscopy.
BMJ Case Rep
February 2018
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
The differential diagnoses for patients presenting with chest discomfort after endoscopy remain broad. In addition to infectious, traumatic and bleeding complications, intrinsic cardiac pathology should be considered. Though rare, pericarditis and pericardial tamponade are additional entities that the clinician should consider when evaluating these patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!