VACStent: a new option for endoscopic vacuum therapy in patients with esophageal anastomotic leaks after upper gastrointestinal surgery

Endoscopy. 2020 May;52(5):E166-E167. doi: 10.1055/a-1047-0244. Epub 2019 Dec 2.

Authors

Seung-Hun Chon^{1

2}, Isabel Bartella¹, Martin Bürger², Isabel Rieck², Tobias Goeser², Wolfgang Schröder¹, Christiane Josephine Bruns¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of General, Visceral, Cancer and Transplant Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

PMID: 31791095
DOI: 10.1055/a-1047-0244

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Anastomosis, Surgical / adverse effects
Anastomotic Leak / etiology
Anastomotic Leak / surgery
Digestive System Surgical Procedures*
Endoscopy
Esophageal Perforation* / surgery
Esophagectomy / adverse effects
Humans
Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy*