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. 2024 Jun 11;32(1):51-53.

doi: 10.1159/000539021. eCollection 2025 Feb.

Beware the Hole: A Trick for Endoscopic Success while Closing an Esophageal Perforation

Ana Teresa Ferreira¹, Sara Archer¹, Isabel Pedroto¹, Cidalina Caetano¹

Affiliations

PMID: 39906514
PMCID: PMC11790266
DOI: 10.1159/000539021

Beware the Hole: A Trick for Endoscopic Success while Closing an Esophageal Perforation

Ana Teresa Ferreira et al. GE Port J Gastroenterol. 2024.

. 2024 Jun 11;32(1):51-53.

doi: 10.1159/000539021. eCollection 2025 Feb.

Authors

Ana Teresa Ferreira¹, Sara Archer¹, Isabel Pedroto¹, Cidalina Caetano¹

Affiliation

¹ Gastroenterology Department, Unidade Local de Saúde de Santo António, Porto, Portugal.

PMID: 39906514
PMCID: PMC11790266
DOI: 10.1159/000539021

No abstract available

Keywords: Bone; Endoscopy; Esophageal perforation; Esophagus; Perforation.

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Fig. 1. — Fig. 1.
Axial CT scan of admission showing the 2 cm linear structure crossing the thoracic esophageal wall (arrow) causing densification of periesophageal tissues and signs of pneumomediastinum (star).

Fig. 2. — Fig. 2.
Esophageal perforation of 15 mm seen after bone extraction.

Fig. 3. — Fig. 3.
Successful endoscopic closure of the esophageal perforation.

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