Volume : 6, Issue : 7, July - 2017

CORROSIVE INJURY PROFILE IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE

Dr. R. Karthikeyan, Dr. A. Senthil Vadivu, Dr. E. Kandasamy Alias Kumar

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;&#10;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Calii&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;&#10;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:&#10;EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Aim </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;&#10;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Calii&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;&#10;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:&#10;EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">:i.To assess the severity of corrosive injury and grade of corrosive injury. ii.To assess the site of injury. Materials&nbsp; and methods: Retrospective study .Data collected for period of 7 years from 2007 to 2012 in department of Medical gastroenterology,Govt Rajiv Gandhi general hospital; and Madras Medical college, Chennai. 227&nbsp; patients were subjected for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy following ingestion of a corrosive in our institution from 2007 till 2012. Results:Two thirds of the patients&nbsp; had both gastric and &nbsp;esophageal injury. The age of the patients ranged from 4 years to 65 years with a overall slight preponderance of females over males . Grade 1 injury was more common in stomach than esophagus. Esophagus was found to be normal in 44% of cases.Corrosive injury is most commonly seen in the age group of 18-30 years. Females in the age group of &lt; 30 years had more suicidal tendency than males.Males had a higher incidence beyond the age of 30 years.Injury more than Grade 2a in esophagus is 24%.Injury more than Grade 2a in stomach is 19%. Conclusion: Our study infer that early upper gastro duodenal scopy is &nbsp;helpful&nbsp; in grading of corrosive injury. Significant injury due to corrosives occur predominantly in esophagus</span></p>