Sundays Esophageal Case

[KMATTOX at aol.com]

Two weeks ago, I presented a case of GSW to innominate artery and  esophagus. 
 He remained afebrile and with normal WBC.   On Day 10  he was fed and spiked 
a little fever.  Esophageal swallow showed a LITTLE,  TINY leak, but he was 
put NPO, a jejunostomy tube inserted and his fever  disappeared.   The 
ultrasound of the neck showed NO expansion of the  hematoma .   Have NOT done an 
arteriogram.    
 
So we are going to NOT feed him for a couple of weeks and repeat the  
swallow, feeding him via jejunostomy.  
 
k