Current views on the etiology, classification, diagnosis, treatment of chemical burns and post-burn scar stenosis of the esophagus in children

Abstract

This review analyzes different scientific views on the diagnosis and treatment of chemical burns of the esophagus and its consequences - the formation of cicatricial stenosis of the organ. Post-burn scar stenosis of the esophagus in pediatric surgery is a fairly common disease that is formed in children with chemical burn of the 3rd degree. In the study of this pathology a timely diagnosis between the degrees of esophageal burns and the correct selection of patients for dilatation of the organ is of particular interest for the correct treatment of patients.