Research Article
Morbidity and Mortality of Caustic Ingestion in Rural Children: Experience in a New Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit in Nigeria
Table 1
Presentation, means of assessment, morbidity, treatment, and outcome of caustic ingestion in Nigerian children.
| | Variable | Frequency | Percent |
| | Presentation | | | | Early | 4 | 25 | | Late | 12 | 75 | | Means of assessment | | | | Barium swallow/meal | 16 | 100 | | Oesophagoscopy | 16 | 100 | | Morbidity | | | | Normal oesophageal capacity | 8 | 50 | | Short-segment/dilatable stricture | 4 | 25 | | Long-segment/nondilatable stricture | 3 | 18.7 | | Extensive oesophagogastroduodenal strictures | 1 | 6.2 | | Treatment | | | | Supportive | 8 | 50 | | Oesophageal dilatation | 4 | 25 | | Referral | 2 | 12.5 | | Oesophageal replacement | 1 | 6.2 | | Feeding jejunostomy | 1 | 6.2 | | Outcome | | | | Satisfactory | 13 | 81.3 | | Unknown | 2 | 12.5 | | Death | 1 | 6.2 |
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