External air compression: A rare cause of blunt esophageal injury, managed by a stent

Mohammed Muneer,Husham Abdelrahman,Ayman El-Menyar,Ibrahim Afifi,Ammar Al-Hassani,Ammar Almadani,Rifat Latifi,Hassan Al-Thani

External air compression: A rare cause of blunt esophageal injury, managed by a stent

2014

Mohammed Muneer
Husham Abdelrahman
Ayman El-Menyar
Ibrahim Afifi
Ammar Al-Hassani
Ammar Almadani
Rifat Latifi
Hassan Al-Thani

INTRODUCTION Blunt esophageal injuries secondary to external air compression of anterior chest and abdomen complicated with esophageal perforation are uncommon events associated with worse outcomes.

Keywords:

Abdomen
Anterior chest
Blunt
Compression (physics)
Esophageal injury
Surgery
Stent
Medicine
air compression
poison control
injury control

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