Meeran Moideen, aged 49, a neighborhood store proprietor in Pallavaram was rushed to the emergency division at Rela Institute, Chromepet on a Sunday afternoon as he complained of extreme stomach ache and vomiting giant quantities of blood. This resulted within the affected person having extreme weak point, low BP, and shedding consciousness. A CT Scan confirmed his esophagus (meals pipe close to the abdomen) was ruptured resulting in steady bleeding whereas his chest cavity was getting stuffed with blood and meals from the abdomen. Piyush Bawane, Guide Gastroenterologist and Dr R Ravi, Group Director – Medical Gastroenterology & Interventional Endoscopy, Rela Hospital had been referred to as upon and identified with “Boerhaave Syndrome”, the affected person underwent an endoscopic intervention to cease the bleeding and shut the perforation of the esophagus. This sort of intervention is uncommon on this a part of the World. “With time changing into very crucial to save lots of the affected person we needed to make an accurate analysis. Our staff of consultants from the Emergency Division and ICU staff helped us. The endoscopic surgical procedure was successful as we closed the perforated esophagus with the assistance of a particular steel clip. That very night time the affected person was stabilized and bought discharged on the sixth day,” mentioned Dr Piyush Bawane, Guide Gastroenterologist, at Rela Hospital. By the way, conventional open surgical procedure can last as long as 4 hours and a affected person takes almost 6 months to recuperate. “Boerhaave Syndrome is a really uncommon situation and this occurs attributable to forceful vomiting. It impacts 2 out of 10,00,000 folks and is taken into account one of the crucial deadly gastrointestinal emergencies worldwide. Almost 80 % of the sufferers die even after on-time and correct medical interventions. If for any motive medical intervention is barely delayed, the affected person is bound to die,” he added.