Does Routine Endoscopy or Contrast Swallow Study After Esophagectomy and Gastric Tube Reconstruction Change Patient Management?

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• 作者：N. Nederlof ; J. de Jonge ; T. de Vringer…
• 关键词：Esophagectomy ; Contrast swallow ; Endoscopy ; Leakage ; Anastomosis ; Complication
• 刊名：Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：21
• 期：2
• 页码：251-258
• 全文大小：476KB
• 刊物主题：Surgery; Gastroenterology;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1873-4626
• 卷排序：21

文摘

BackgroundAnastomotic leakage is a severe complication after esophagectomy. The objective was to investigate the diagnostic and predictive value of routine contrast swallow study and endoscopy for the detection of anastomotic dehiscence in patients after esophagectomy.