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| CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2001 | Volume
: 47
| Issue : 3 | Page : 185-7 |
Cardiomediastinal tamponade and shock following three-stage transthoracic oesophagectomy.
V Cherian, JV Divatia, A Kulkarni, D Dasgupta
Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai - 400 012, India., India
Correspondence Address:
V Cherian
Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai - 400 012, India.
India
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PMID: 11832620 
Massive gastric tube dilatation causing cardiomediastinal tamponade is an unusual cause of obstructive shock after transthoracic oesophagectomy. A 55-year-old female was operated for total transthoracic oesophagectomy. Twelve hours after the surgery, she developed hypotension and raised central venous pressure unresponsive to fluid infusion and ionotropes. X-ray chest showed a massively dilated stomach, which was causing intrathoracic tamponade. Suction applied to the nasogastric tube led to aspiration of 150-200 ml of fluid and a large volume of air, which led to resolution of the haemodynamic instability. A simple manoeuvre like nasogastric suction in postoperative case of oesophagectomy can serve as a diagnostic as well as therapeutic tool. It must be performed before resorting to invasive and expensive examination or intervention.
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