Abstract
Background: Initial symptoms for esophageal perforation have not been clarified, but when there is no early diagnosis and proper treatment to follow immediately after the diagnosis, it is fatal for the patients. Therefore, this study attempted to discover the factors that influence the prognosis of esophageal perforation to contribute to the improvement of the treatment result. Material and Method: The subjects of this study are 32 patients who came to the hospital with esophageal perforation from October, 1984 to June, 2000. This study examined the items for clinical observation such as patients' sex, age, cause of the perforation, perforation site, the time spent until the beginning of the treatment, symptoms caused by the perforation and its complication, and treatment methods. This study tried to find out the relationship between the survival of patients and each item. Result: There were 24 male and 8 female patients and their mean age was 49.7+16.4. For the causes of perforation, there were 14 cases(43%) of iatrogenic perforation, which ranked first, caused by the medical instrument operation and surgical damage. As for the perforation sites, thoracic esophagus was the most common site(26 cases of 81.2%) and chest pain was the most frequent symptom. The complication caused by esophageal perforation showed the highest cases in the order of mediastinitis, empyema, sepsis and peritonitis. After the treatment, there were 23 cases of survival and 9 cases of mortality. The total mortality rate was 28.1% and the main causes of mortality were sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS). As for the treatment, 8 cases(25.0%) treated the perforation successfully using conservative treatment only. As for the surgical treatment, there were 5 cases(15.6%) of cervical drainage, 7 cases (21.8%) of primary repair and 12 cases(37.5%) of esophageal reconstruction after performing an exclusion-diversion. There were 18 cases(56.2%) of complete treatment of esophageal perforation at its initial treatment and in 14 cases(43.8%) of treatment failure at its initial treatment, patients were completely cured in the next treatment stage or died during the treatment. The cases of perforation in thoracic esophagus, complication into severe mediastinitis or sepsis and the cases of failure at initial treatment showed a statistically significant mortality rate (p<0.05).
배경: 식도 천공의 초기 증상은 명확하지 않은 반면, 조기 진단과 아울러 적절한 치료가 즉각적으로 이뤄지지 않을 때는 매우 치명적인 결과가 나온다. 이에 본 연구에서는 식도 천공의 예후에 영향을 미치는 인자들을 파악하여 치료 성적의 향상에 기여하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 1984년 10월부터 2000년 6월가지 식도천공으로 내원한 32명을 대상으로 하여 환자의 성별, 연령, 천공 원인, 천공 부위, 치료 시작까지의 소요시간, 천공에 의해 발생한 증상과 합병증 그리고 치료 방법 등의 임상 관찰 항목을 조사하였으며, 각 항목에 따른 식도 천공 환자 생존과의 연관성을 알아보았다. 결과: 환자는 남자가 24명, 여자가 8명이었고 평균연령은 49.7$\pm$16.4세였으며, 천공의 원인은 기구조작과 수술손상등으로 인한 의인성인 경우가 14례(43%)로 가장 많았다. 천공부위는 흉부식도에서 가장 많았으며(26례, 81.2%), 증상은 흉통이 가장 많았다. 식도천공에 의한 합병증으로는 종격동염, 농흉, 전신패혈증, 복막염의 순이었으며 치료결과 생존 23례 사망 9례로 전체 사망률은 28.1%였으며 주요 사망원으로는 전신패혈증과 호흡부전증이었다. 치료로는 8례(25.0%)에서 보존적 치료만으로 치유가 가능하였고 수술적 치료로 경부배농술이 5례(15.6%), 일차봉합술이 7례(21.8%), 식도격리-우회로 시행후 식도 재건술을 시행한 경우가 12771(37.5%) 시행되었다. 초기치료에 식도천공이 완치된 경우는 18711(56.2%)였고, 초기치료에 실패한 14례(43.8%)의 경우에서는 다음 단계 치료과정후 완치되거나 도중 사망하였다.
