BACKGROUND esophageal perforation or postoperative leak after esophageal surgery remain a life-threatening *** optimal management strategy is still *** To determine clinical outcomes and complications of our 15-year e...
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BACKGROUND esophageal perforation or postoperative leak after esophageal surgery remain a life-threatening *** optimal management strategy is still *** To determine clinical outcomes and complications of our 15-year experience in the multidisciplinary management of esophageal perforations and anastomotic *** A retrospective single-center observational study was performed on 60 patients admitted at our department for esophageal perforations or treated for an anastomotic leak developed after esophageal surgery from January 2008 to December *** outcomes were analyzed,and complications were evaluated to investigate the efficacy and safety of our multidisciplinary management based on the preservation of the native or reconstructed esophagus,when *** Among the whole series of 60 patients,an urgent surgery was required in 8 cases due to a septic ***-six patients were managed by endoscopic or hybrid treatments,obtaining the resolution of the esophageal leak/perforation without removal of the native or reconstructed *** mean time to resolution was 54.95±52.64 days,with a median of 35.5 *** severe complications were *** patients out of 56(17.9%)developed pneumonia that was treated by specific antibiotic therapy,and in 6 cases(10.7%)an atrial fibrillation was *** patients(12.5%)developed a stricture within 12 months,requiring one or two endoscopic pneumatic dilations to solve the *** was 1.7%.CONCLUSION A proper multidisciplinary approach with the choice of the most appropriate treatment can be the key for success in managing esophageal leaks or perforations and preserving the esophagus.
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