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Functional Outcome After Anastomotic Leak After Oesophagectomies

Sponsor: Stefan Gutknecht

Summary

The main surgical treatment for oesophageal cancer is a curative resection, mostly performed according to Ivor Lewis. However, despite careful work and refined surgical techniques, anastomotic leakage (AL) occurs in more than 1/10 of the patients. This severe complication normally requires immediate intervention, while over the last 10 years, endoscopic vacuum therapy (EVT) has become the crucial therapy for broken-down anastomosis. The hypothesis is that despite suffering a severe complication, the subjective swallow function is not impaired in patients treated by EVT after an anastomotic leak, compared to patients without AL.

Official title: Subjective Functional Outcome After Oesophagectomy With and Without Anastomotic Leak

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