Long Standing Esophageal Perforation due to Foreign Body Impaction in Children: A Therapeutic Challenge in a Resource Limited Setting
Late presentation of foreign body impaction in the esophagus, complicated by perforation in children, has rarely been reported in the literature. Esophageal surgery is very difficult and challenging in Cameroon (a resource limited setting). We are reporting herein 2 cases of esophageal perforation i...
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| author | Ngo Nonga Bernadette Jean Jacques Ze Angele O. Pondy Claude M. Kalla Nelly Kamgaing Daniel Handy Eone |
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| description | Late presentation of foreign body impaction in the esophagus, complicated by perforation in children, has rarely been reported in the literature. Esophageal surgery is very difficult and challenging in Cameroon (a resource limited setting). We are reporting herein 2 cases of esophageal perforation in children seen very late (12 days and 40 days) after foreign body impaction, complicated with severe sepsis, who were successfully operated upon with very good results. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-108f840d587d4b0c9fe13380c66845602025-02-03T01:08:49ZengWileyCase Reports in Pediatrics2090-68032090-68112017-01-01201710.1155/2017/92084749208474Long Standing Esophageal Perforation due to Foreign Body Impaction in Children: A Therapeutic Challenge in a Resource Limited SettingNgo Nonga Bernadette0Jean Jacques Ze1Angele O. Pondy2Claude M. Kalla3Nelly Kamgaing4Daniel Handy Eone5Department of Surgery and Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, CameroonDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, CameroonDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, CameroonDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, CameroonDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, CameroonDepartment of Surgery and Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, CameroonLate presentation of foreign body impaction in the esophagus, complicated by perforation in children, has rarely been reported in the literature. Esophageal surgery is very difficult and challenging in Cameroon (a resource limited setting). We are reporting herein 2 cases of esophageal perforation in children seen very late (12 days and 40 days) after foreign body impaction, complicated with severe sepsis, who were successfully operated upon with very good results.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9208474 |
| spellingShingle | Ngo Nonga Bernadette Jean Jacques Ze Angele O. Pondy Claude M. Kalla Nelly Kamgaing Daniel Handy Eone Long Standing Esophageal Perforation due to Foreign Body Impaction in Children: A Therapeutic Challenge in a Resource Limited Setting Case Reports in Pediatrics |
| title | Long Standing Esophageal Perforation due to Foreign Body Impaction in Children: A Therapeutic Challenge in a Resource Limited Setting |
| title_full | Long Standing Esophageal Perforation due to Foreign Body Impaction in Children: A Therapeutic Challenge in a Resource Limited Setting |
| title_fullStr | Long Standing Esophageal Perforation due to Foreign Body Impaction in Children: A Therapeutic Challenge in a Resource Limited Setting |
| title_full_unstemmed | Long Standing Esophageal Perforation due to Foreign Body Impaction in Children: A Therapeutic Challenge in a Resource Limited Setting |
| title_short | Long Standing Esophageal Perforation due to Foreign Body Impaction in Children: A Therapeutic Challenge in a Resource Limited Setting |
| title_sort | long standing esophageal perforation due to foreign body impaction in children a therapeutic challenge in a resource limited setting |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9208474 |
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