In August 1996, a 7-year-old boy was crushed from behind into the steering wheel of a go-cart, suffering a tear of his right innominate artery into the aortic arch, a 2-inch tear of the posterior trachea into left main bronchus, and 2 4-inch tears in the esophagus. These were all...
Applying direct pressure to the tears.Doctors use a special catheter with an inflatable balloon. After the catheter is inserted into your esophagus, the balloon is inflated. Pressure on the tears from the balloon helps stop the bleeding. Repairing the tears surgically.Surgery is usually the last ...
SurgeryA supraplastron surgical approach provides access to the coelomic portion of the esophagus and trachea in loggerhead sea turtles.Jaeger GHWosar MAHarms CALewbart GAJournal of the American Veterinary Medical AssociationJaeger, G.H., M.A. Wosar, C.A. Harms, & G.A. Lewbart. 2003. ...
esophagustumormulticentricOBJECTIVES: Little has been published regarding predictors of a complicated course after Mallory-Weiss tear (MWT). The aims of this study were to identify risk factors for a Mallory-Weiss tear and factors predictive of a complicated course. METHODS: At our university ...