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Abstract
Traumatic perforations of the cervical and thoracic esophagus were produced with 7
to 12 mm. bronchoscopes in 25 dogs. Only 2 deaths were the result of mediastinitis;
the other 23 animals were sacrificed at varying intervals up to 3 weeks after perforation.
One animal had a local abscess and another had a small sinus tract but both had sealed
perforations. The other 21 animals had a healed perforation with little inflammatory
reaction. The basis for this surprising tolerance to traumatic perforation in the
dog is unknown and is under investigation at this time.
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Article info
Publication history
Received in revised form:
November 20,
1961
Received:
July 3,
1961
Footnotes
☆Aided by Grant H-226 from the National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, Bethesda, Md.
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© 1962 Published by Elsevier Inc.
