Endoscopic endoluminal vacuum therapy is superior to other regimens in managing anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy: A comparative retrospective study

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3883-3890

  Schniewind, Bodo ^a   Schafmayer, Clemens ^a   Voehrs, Gesa ^a   Egberts, Jan ^a   Von Schoenfels, Witigo ^a   Rose, Tobias ^a   Kurdow, Roland ^a   Arlt, Alexander ^a   Ellrichmann, Mark ^a   Jürgensen, Christian ^b   Schreiber, Stefan ^a   Becker, Thomas ^a   Hampe, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leakage; Endoscopic therapy; Esophageal anastomosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APACHE; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BALLOON DILATATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC ENDOLUMINAL VACUUM THERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ENTERIC FEEDING; ESOPHAGEAL STENT; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PLASTIC STENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EXPANDING STENT; SURGICAL SPONGE; SURVIVAL RATE; VACUUM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; APACHE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURGICAL SPONGES;

EID: 84885182898     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-013-2998-0     Document Type: Article

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