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Published on October 12, 2009
Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery 2009, doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.212415
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Barotraumatic oesophageal perforation with bilateral tension pneumothorax

Li-Chien Chien 1*, Hong-Tai Chang 2, Yi-Pin Chou 2

1 National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Taiwan, ROC
2 Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: maxchien{at}mail2000.com.tw.


  Abstract
Barotraumatic oesophageal perforation with bilateral tension pneumothorax is extremely rare and this is a first case reported in the literature. The possibility of the oesophageal perforation due to high-pressure gas flow should be kept in mind and the standard of diagnosis is oesophagography. Keywords: Barotrauma; Oesophageal perforation; Tension pneumothorax; Oesophagography




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