Hunasanahalli Giriyappa Venugopal
Ingestion of caustic agents and injury to the alimentary tract remain an important issue in the public health domain. The spectrum of injury secondary to caustic ingestion can vary from a few erosions to full thickness necrosis and perforation. Stomach, an organ with reservoir function takes the brunt of the injury when larger quantities of alkali is ingested. Gastric cicatrisation is a well-known delayed complication of such an ingestion. Herein we present a single centre experience of 6 years of dealing with corrosive antral strictures in an elective surgical scenario.
