Abstract
We report therapeutic experience with three cases of corrosive esophagitis. Case 1 involved a 58-year-old woman who had obstruction of the pharynx, because of taking caustic soda. Dissection of the esophagus was impossible due to serious inflammation and the stomach wall had severely deformed Four months after taking soda, inferior laryngopharygectomy and cervical esophagectomy were performed. The patient was discharged from the hospital on the 45th postoperative day. Case 2 involved a 24-year-old woman. She had stenosis of the esophagus, which was resistant to endoscopic balloon dilatation, because of taking caustic soda. The inflammation around the thoracic esophagus was mild and the cervical esophagus was kept intact. Fifteen months after taking soda, she underwent esophagectomy and reconstruction using gastric tube. The patient made satisfactory progress, and was discharged from the hospital on the 19th postoperative day. Case 3 involved a 63-year-old man. He had adhesion of the epiglottis and stenosis of the esophagus, because of taking alkali cleanser. He underwent laryngopharygectomy and esophagectomy 5 years after taking soda, because inflammation surrounding the esophagus was mild. The patient was discharged from the hospital on the 51st postoperative day.
We present our therapeutic experience with three patients with corrosive esophagitis who were operated on at different times after taking soda and followed favorable postoperative courses.
