Boerhaave Syndrome on Endoscopy - Pleural Space

Massive Spontaneous Esophageal Perforation (Boerhaave Syndrome) in active COVID 19 pneumonia patient (violent coughing). Note pigtail catheter in contaminated pleura. I performed “transoral VATS”. A month long high-risk Endovac journey begins.

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Dr. Michael Chew @mchew85 · 4 years ago
GrepMed Gastroenterology-Hepatology Editor, Academic Hospitalist UC Davis Medical Center Internal Medicine, Yale Gastroenterology Fellow '22
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