Year 2017 / Volume 109 / Number 5
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Esophageal perforation by a Sengstaken balloon

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Antonio José Fernández López, Maria Encarnación Tamayo Rodríguez, Francisco Miguel González Valverde, Antonio Albarracín Marín-Blázquez,

Abstract
Iatrogenic esophageal perforations are rare but associated with a high morbidity and mortality. Secondary to placing a Sengstaken ballon are even more extraordinary because of the infrequency which this measure is used to control upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Therefore, we think it is of interest to communicate this complication, to remember the need to check the correct placement of the Sengstaken ballon before insufflation, since it would help further decrease this complication
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Fernández López A, Tamayo Rodríguez M, González Valverde F, Albarracín Marín-Blázquez A. Esophageal perforation by a Sengstaken balloon. 4653/2016


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Received: 05/10/2016

Accepted: 12/10/2016

Published: 03/05/2017

Article editing time: 210 days


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