Iatrogenic Esophageal Perforation After Laparoscopic Heller’s Myotomy Treated Successfully with Endoscopic Stent: Case Report and Literature Review

Ghadeer M. AlHajjaj; Fatimah Yasser AlTaweel; Roaya Ahmed AlQunais; Zahra H. Alshammasi; Saeed J. Alshomimi

doi:10.12659/AJCR.931677

26 May 2021 : Case report Saudi Arabia

Iatrogenic Esophageal Perforation After Laparoscopic Heller’s Myotomy Treated Successfully with Endoscopic Stent: Case Report and Literature Review

Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents

Ghadeer M. AlHajjaj

^1ABEF, Fatimah Yasser AlTaweel^1BE, Roaya Ahmed AlQunais^1BE, Zahra H. Alshammasi^2B, Saeed J. Alshomimi^1AEG*

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.931677

Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e931677

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Figure 2. Intraoperative pictures: (A) leak test, which is showing bubbles from the perforation site, (B) small perforation of the esophagus, and (C) primary repair of the perforation.

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