Yamashita Shinichi, Moroga Toshihiko, Kamei Mirei, Ono Kiyoshi, Takahashi Yoshiaki, Takeno Shinsuke, Yamamoto Satoshi, Kawahara Katsunobu
Department of Surgery II, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Japan.
Kyobu Geka. 2010 Apr;63(4):329-31.
A spontaneous rupture of the esophagus occurs rarely, and its mortality rate is relative high if it was lately diagnosed, or treated. We here report the case of spontaneous rupture of the esophagus which were successfully treated with omentopexy under the video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS).