ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2021
Usefulness of lavage and drainage using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for Boerhaave's syndrome: a retrospective analysis.
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- Laparoscopic Management of Boerhaave Syndrome: Case Series and Narrative Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Boerhaave syndrome complicated by ruptured esophageal varices: a case report.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery cases · 2025Article
- Effects of the lavage through fistula in treatment of spontaneous esophageal rupture by combined thoracoscopic and gastroscopic management.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2025Article
- Early Presentation of Boerhaave Syndrome in the Emergency Department: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Management of boerhaave's syndrome in the intensive care unit.International journal of critical illness and injury scienceReview
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Abstract
backgroundBoerhaave's syndrome has a high mortality rate due to respiratory failure, septic shock, and multiple organ failure. We had previously carried out primary repair with laparotomy and postoperative computed tomography-guided drainage for mediastinal abscess and empyema. However, this treatment prolonged mechanical ventilator days and length of intensive care unit stay. Therefore, we decided to carry out primary repair with laparotomy and add lavage and drainage using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
methodsFrom April 2004 to September 2018, 18 patients with Boerhaave's syndrome were treated; 6 patients treated conservatively were excluded. Thus, 12 patients who underwent surgical treatment were divided into the computed tomography-guided drainage group (D group) (6 patients) and the lavage and drainage using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery group (VATS group) (6 patients), and the two groups were retrospectively compared.
resultsThe VATS group had significantly longer operation time than the D group {359 [328, 387]
conclusionsLavage and drainage using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is an effective surgical method for Boerhaave's syndrome.
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