Endoscopic treatment of oesophageal injury after thyroidectomy – a case report

• Authors: Dagmara Radziuk , Mieczysław Witzling

Abstracts

EN

The most common complications after thyroidectomy are postoperative neck hematoma, recurrent laryngeal nerve injury and hypoparathyroidism [1]. However, iatrogenic cervical esophageal perforation is a very rare repercussion of this procedure. In literature there are a few reported cases concerning this complication. We want to report a case of a patient with severe esophageal injury resulting from thyroidectomy.

Keywords

EN

cervical oesophageal perforation; oesophageal injury; oesophagogastroscopy; oesophagus dilation; thyroidectomy

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 91(6)
• Pages: 50-52

Dates

published

2019-06-19

Contributors

author

Dagmara Radziuk

author

Mieczysław Witzling

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.2531