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ESOPHAGEAL INJJURIES AND STRICTURE FORMATION FOLLOWING CORROSIVE INTAKE

Dr. Khadija, Dr. Seher Anwar, Dr. Hunza Malik

This study in conducted to discuss the effect of corrosive intake lead to the esophageal injuries and strictures. Method: This is the cross-sectional study, where 192 patients with history of corrosive intake lead to esophageal injuries and strictures were selected. These patients were examined during first 48 hours of corrosive intake by the upper GI endoscopy and the same procedure was carried out after 6 weeks in order to check the strictures formation. Result: In the concerned data 101 patients have severe esophageal injuries following the corrosive intake; on the other hand, 91 patients have mild injuries. Among the 101 severed injured patients 31 developed the strictures in the esophagus due to corrosive intake in comparison to the 9 patients of mildly injured esophagus developed the strictures. This difference was statistically significant. Conclusion: This study concluded that the patients with lethal esophageal injuries have higher frequency of developing strictures as compared to patient with mild esophageal injury. Keywords: Corrosive, alkali, acid, stricture.

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