Clinical diagnosis and treatment of 10 cases with spontaneous esophageal rupture

Objective To review the experience of clinical diagnosis and treatment of spontaneous esophageal rupture, and improve clinicians' understandings of this disease. Methods Ten patients diagnosed as spontaneous esophageal rupture in emergency department or thoracic surgery department of our hospital from January 2015 to February 2017 were selected, and their clinical characteristics and treatment plans were retrospectively analyzed. Results All patients with esophageal rupture perforation were diagnosed by esophageal computed tomography (CT) imaging and gastroscopy, 8 cases of whom with relatively neat esophageal crevasse< 5 cm, and lighter edema of surrounding tissues. Patients underwent thoracic surgery within 24 h after diagnosis, and