Table 1.

Esophageal Rupture Caused by External Air-Blast Injury

Author	Age	Interval to Diagnosis	Presentation	Injury of esophageal Site	Treatment	Complications	Outcome
Majeski [1]	15	48 hours	Chest pain, dyspnea	Lower	None		Died
Michel [2]	*	24 hours	*	Lower	Staged repair: Exclusion-diversion and subsequent esophageal replacement	None	Survived
Guth [3]	35	24 hours	Dyspnea	Middle	Primary repair with gastrostomy and feeding jejunostomy	Leakage and adult respiratory distress syndrome	Survived
Volk [4]	22	240 hours	Hemoptysis, subcutaneous emphysema, dysphagia	Cervical	Drainage and subsequent repair	Tracheoesophageal fistula	Survived
Roan**	31	84 hours	Chest pain	Lower	Primary repair and subsequent esophageal replacement	Leakage of primary repair	Survived

*Not reported, **the present case.