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For the period from 1951 through 1975, 4 cases of spontaneous rupture of the esophagus have been successfully treated at the Ilnd Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
Two cases of them conservatively treated with intravenous high caloric nutrition were reported. Fifty-nine Japanese cases of spontaneous rupture of the esophagus were reviewed. Symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of the disease were discussed.
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Mori, S., Kasai, M., Watanabe, T. et al. Spontaneous rupture of the esophagus report of two cases successfully treated by intravenous high caloric nutrition and review of 59 cases collected from Japanese literature. Gastroenterol Jpn 12, 70–79 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02773629
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