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. 2024 Aug 17;9(12):506-507.
doi: 10.1016/j.vgie.2024.08.003. eCollection 2024 Dec.

Endoscopic management of a massive esophageal perforation following pneumatic dilation

Ikechukwu Achebe  1 , Katherine M Cooper  2 , Prashanth Rau  1 , Shiv Gandhi  1 , Eric O Then  1 , Navine Nasser-Ghodsi  1 , Nicole Cherng  3 , Neil B Marya  1
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Endoscopic management of a massive esophageal perforation following pneumatic dilation

Ikechukwu Achebe et al. VideoGIE. .
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Drs Marya and Nasser-Ghodsi are consultants for Boston Scientific. The other authors disclosed no financial relationships.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Endoscopic view of a massive (8 cm × 4 cm) esophageal perforation being closed with over-the-scope suturing.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Endoscopic view of proximal perforation closure with through-the-scope suturing.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Over-the-scope suturing complicated by an inability to anchor sutures into the friable (cyan arrow) edges of the perforation.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Postsuturing endoscopic image of the esophagus with healthy-appearing mucosa and no evidence of persistent perforation.
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