Surgical management and outcomes of severe gastrointestinal injuries due to corrosive ingestion. - Javed A, Pal S, Krishnan EK, Sahni P, Chattopadhyay TK.

1). Two patients died in the postoperative period and one after discharge awaiting the second surgery. The factors significantly predictive of mortality following such an injury included renal failure at the time of initial presentation, presence of metabolic acidosis, delay of more than 24 h between corrosive ingestion and surgery, and corrosive induced adjacent organ injury (pancreatic) (P

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