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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 1/2020

01-01-2020 | Esophagus Resection | Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Comparison of Outcomes with Semi-mechanical and Circular Stapled Intrathoracic Esophagogastric Anastomosis Following Esophagectomy

Authors: Victor D. Plat, Donald L. van der Peet

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 1/2020

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We would like to congratulate Yanni and the co-authors on their clinically relevant article which was published in the World Journal of Surgery [1]. They evaluated surgical outcomes of a semi-mechanical and circular stapled anastomosis for patients undergoing an Ivor Lewis esophagectomy. Anastomotic leakage was observed in 13 out of 85 patients (15%) following a circular stapled anastomosis and in 3 out of 74 patients (4%) following a semi-mechanical technique, which appeared to be a significant difference. Their presented results are encouraging, as anastomotic leakage remains the primary source of morbidity and mortality following esophagectomy. Nevertheless, after reading the results we have a few questions we would like them to address. …
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Metadata
Title
Letter to the Editor: Comparison of Outcomes with Semi-mechanical and Circular Stapled Intrathoracic Esophagogastric Anastomosis Following Esophagectomy
Authors
Victor D. Plat
Donald L. van der Peet
Publication date
01-01-2020
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-019-05244-z

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