Management of Esophageal Burns Caused by Caustic Ingestion: A Case Report
نویسندگان
1 School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, IR Iran
2 School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
3 School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, IR Iran
4 School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, IR Iran
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چکیده
AbstractIntroduction: Domestic and industrial swallowing of caustic substances can cause acute and chronic injuries. In the acute phase of care, focus is on the immediatecontrol of tissue damage and perforation, and in the chronic phase, the focus is on the treatment of pharyngeal narrowing and impaired swallowing.Case Presentation: The patients of this report were an 18-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman, who had esophageal burns after ingesting chemicals, and for solvingtheir nutritional problems, such as difficulty in swallowing, they had underwent surgery. Patients had continued follow-up after surgery.Conclusions: Treatment of esophageal burn lesions is by immediate and delayed removing of damage outcomes.
