Complete Thoracic Esophagus Obliteration: Clinical Case Report

Abstract

Using the example of a clinical case, to present the management features of a patient with complete esophageal obliteration as a chemical burn result, the surgical intervention features in case of a non-standard situation during the operation, and the treatment results analyze. It was described a clinical case of 41-year-old patient with thoracic esophagus obliteration due to extended post-burn cicatricial esophageal stricture, dysphagia of IV degree in very severe general condition. Stamm-Senn-Kader’s gastrostomy was performed as a first step of surgical treatment. Angiography and embolization of the right colic artery and it’s branches was performed in 8 months while preserving the middle colic artery. In 20 days the cologastroanastomosis and feeding colostomy on the right chest wall were performed. In 10 days after the colostomy was disattached from the chest wall, the end-to-side esophagocoloanastomosis was performed intrapleurally. In one month after the third surgery and restoration of the food passage by the natural way, closure of the contact gastrostomy was performed. During the observation over the patient (8 years) the postoperative complications were not observed. The patient survived. The proposed staged surgical treatment tactics of patients with complete esophageal obliteration due to post-burn esophageal stricture, dysphagia of IV degree presents effective treatment results and a significant improvement in the patient’s life quality.