@article{ref1,
title="Role of endoscopy in caustic gastroesophageal lesions",
journal="Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas",
year="1990",
author="Sebastián Domingo, J. J. and Santos Castro, L. and De Diego Lorenzo, A. and Castellanos Franco, D. and Pérez de Ayala, V. and Senent, C.",
volume="77",
number="3",
pages="176-178",
abstract="From 1984 to 1989 we have examined endoscopically 191 patients who ingested, for different causes, some type of caustic substance. The mean age was 36.8 +/- 21 years. 57% were female and 43% males. The most common substance was lye (52%). The clinical symptoms consisted mainly of epigastric pain and odynophagia. The most prevalent lesion was oesophagitis, of variable degrees (58%). Complications related to the ingestion of the caustic appeared in 20% of the patients; three of them died. The most common sequela was oesophageal stenosis and secondly gastric stenosis. Males ingested acids more frequently than females (P less than 0.001). In 20% of the cases the ingestion of the caustic was for suicide while in children all the cases were accidents.<p /><p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="1130-0108",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}