Management of upper intestinal leaks using an endoscopic vacuum-assisted closure system (E-VAC)

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 896-901

  Bludau, M ^a   Holscher A H ^a   Herbold, T ^a   Leers, J M ^a   Gutschow, C ^a   Fuchs, H ^a   Schroder W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leakage; Endoscopic vacuum assisted closure system; Esophageal perforation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL DEFECT; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IATROGENIC PERFORATION; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EXPANDING STENT; SEPSIS; SPONTANEOUS PERFORATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE DEVICE; VERY ELDERLY; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; DEVICES; DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPE; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTRECTOMY; SURGERY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896082051     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-013-3244-5     Document Type: Article

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