Lisanne M. D. Pattynama & Wietse J. Eshuis on "Endoscopic vacuum therapy for anastomotic leakage...

Lisanne M. D. Pattynama & Wietse J. Eshuis on "Endoscopic vacuum therapy for anastomotic leakage after upper gastrointestinal surgery"
A total of 38 patients treated with endoscopic vacuum therapy (EVT) for anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy or total gastrectomy were reviewed in this retrospective study, with 74% being successfully managed. EVT was however found to be labor-intensive, with a median of six procedures required over a mean duration of 33 days. Future studies should focus on refining the EVT technique, including the use of intraluminal vs. intracavity EVT and the frequency of sponge exchange.
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Lisanne M. D. Pattynama, Roos E. Pouw, Mark I. van Berge Henegouwen et al. Endoscopic vacuum therapy for anastomotic leakage after upper gastrointestinal surgery
Bibliography Endoscopy 2023; 55: 1019-1025 DOI 10.1055/a-2102-1691 ISSN 0013-726X © 2023. The Author(s). The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. Georg Thieme Verlag KG, Rüdigerstraße 14, 70469 Stuttgart, Germany