A case of a perforated black esophagus treated with minimal invasive surgery is presented.A 68-year-old women underwent a right-sided hemihepatectomy and radio frequency ablation of two metastasis in the left liver lo...A case of a perforated black esophagus treated with minimal invasive surgery is presented.A 68-year-old women underwent a right-sided hemihepatectomy and radio frequency ablation of two metastasis in the left liver lobe.Previous history revealed a hemicolectomy for an obstructive colon carcinoma with post-operative chemotherapy.Postoperatively she developed severe dyspnea due to a perforation of the esophagus with leakage to the pleural space.Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery(VATS) to adequately drain the perforation was performed.Gastroscopy revealed a perforated black esophagus.The black esophagus,acute esophageal necrosis or Gurvits syndrome is a rare entity with an unknown aetiology which is likely to be multifactorial.The estimated mortality rate is high.To our knowledge,this is the first case published of early VATS used in a case of perforated black esophagus.展开更多
文摘A case of a perforated black esophagus treated with minimal invasive surgery is presented.A 68-year-old women underwent a right-sided hemihepatectomy and radio frequency ablation of two metastasis in the left liver lobe.Previous history revealed a hemicolectomy for an obstructive colon carcinoma with post-operative chemotherapy.Postoperatively she developed severe dyspnea due to a perforation of the esophagus with leakage to the pleural space.Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery(VATS) to adequately drain the perforation was performed.Gastroscopy revealed a perforated black esophagus.The black esophagus,acute esophageal necrosis or Gurvits syndrome is a rare entity with an unknown aetiology which is likely to be multifactorial.The estimated mortality rate is high.To our knowledge,this is the first case published of early VATS used in a case of perforated black esophagus.
