Oesophageal Transection for Bleeding Varices: Case Report and Literature Review

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Zandri Pienaar Sharon R Cacala George V Oosthuizen

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Sharon R Cacala
Department of Surgery, Ngwelezana Hospital, Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A B S T R A C T

Surgical oesophageal transection for uncontrolled variceal bleeding is a last resort measure that is rarely needed due to modern endoscopic advancements. Since it is infrequently required, most of the younger General Surgeons have not been exposed to this procedure. However, it remains a valuable consideration when endoscopic measures and balloon tamponade fail to control bleeding oesophageal varices and should remain in the armamentarium of the General Surgeon. Here we present a case of such a patient who underwent oesophageal transection as a life-saving procedure with satisfactory outcome, together with a brief literature review on this topic.

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Case Report and Review of the Literature

Publication history

Received: Fri 30, Jul 2021
Accepted: Sat 14, Aug 2021
Published: Mon 30, Aug 2021

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© 2023 Sharon R Cacala. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.JSCR.2021.01.03